Service difficulty report · Engine · Snias AS350BA

Difficulty date
March 5, 2003
Submitted
June 16, 2003
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Snias AS350BA
Aircraft time
7,916 hours
Engine
Tmeca ARRIEL1B
Part
Engine
Condition
Fod
Part time
10,369 hours, 18,947 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

(CAN) ENGINE DOESN'T CRANK. COMPRESSOR APPEARED LOCKED. STARTER & FCU REMOVED. COMPRESSOR STILL LOCKED. WHILE TRYING TO ROTATE COMPRESSOR BY HAND IT EVENTUALLY FREED UP A BIT. IT WOULD ROTATE 1 AND 1/2 TURNS THEN LOCK UP. SUSPECTED FOD IN THE COMPRESSOR. ENGINE WAS REMOVED. IT WOULD ROTATE FREELY IN A HORIZONTAL POSITION BUT LOCK UP IF TILTED FORWARD. MODULES 2/3 WERE REMOVED & SENT FOR INSPECTION. AFTER INSPECTION COWLING & SAND FILTER INSTALLATION, FOUND POSSIBLE EVIDENCE OF A MISSING TIE RAP WHICH SECURED WIRING HARNESS FOR P2 SOLENOID ON SAND FILTER. TIE RAP MAY HAVE CHAFED & EVENTUALLY BROKE & WAS INGESTED.