Service difficulty report · Blower · Aerosp AS355F1

Difficulty date
August 5, 2004
Submitted
January 5, 2005
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Aerosp AS355F1
Aircraft time
5,680 hours
Engine
Allsn 250C20F
Part
Blower
Part number
355A340109
Part serial
2855
Condition
Damaged
Location
Oil Cooler
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

(CAN) DURING OPERATION A NOISE WAS HEARD FROM THE BACK OF THE AIRCRAFT, AIRCRAFT WAS LANDED AND DURING INSPECTION TO DETERMINE THE ORIGIN OF THE SOUND IT WAS NOTED THAT THE OIL COOLER BLOWER ASSY WAS DAMAGED AND HAD SEVERAL PIECES MISSING. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO BASE BY ROAD AND WAS DISASSEMBLED TO THE EXTENT REQUIRED TO INSPECT FOR OTHER DAMAGE. ONCE THE BLOWER WAS REMOVED IT WAS NOTED THAT THE FIRST STAGE OF THE ASSY HAD 2 SMALL NICKS ON 2 OF THE ROTATING BLADES. THE FIRST STAGE STATOR CASE, THE SECOND STAGE ROTATING AND STATIONARY COMPONENTS HAD EXTENSIVE DAMAGE AND WERE FOUND IN SEVERAL PIECES. SUSPECT DAMAGE COULD HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY FOD.

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