Service difficulty report · Governor · Bell 206B

Difficulty date
June 24, 2002
Submitted
July 8, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Bell 206B
Aircraft time
11,064 hours
Engine
Allsn 250C20B
Part
Governor
Part number
23065121
Condition
Failed
Location
Engine
Stage of operation
HO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
R, J
Precautionary procedure
O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

(CAN) PILOT NOTICED THAT RESPONSE TO RPM CHANGES WAS GETTING SLOWER UNTIL GOVERNOR WOULD NOT KEEP UP TO THE RPM CHANGES. GOVERNOR WOULD DROOP UPON COLLECTIVE UP MOVEMENT BUT WOULD NOT RECOVER OR INCREASE RPM. THE SAME FOR COLLECTION DOWN MOVEMENT, THE RPM WOULD OVERSPEED AND WOULD NOT RECOVER AND BE CONTROLLED. SIMILAR OCCURRENCES HAVE HAPPENED AS REPORTED BEFORE AND INDICATED FAILURE IN A SHORT TIME TO COME. REMOVED AT A/F 11294.6JUNE 24/02INSTALLED AT A/F 11063.7JAN 03/02TIME SINCE REPAIR 230.9HOURS

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