Service difficulty report · Blades · Hughes 369D

Difficulty date
February 20, 2009
Submitted
April 9, 2009
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Hughes 369D
Aircraft time
7,697 hours
Engine
Allsn 250C20B
Part
Blades
Part number
6890550
Condition
Broken
Location
Compressor
Part time
11,602 hours
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
R, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

(CAN) ENGINE EXPERIENCED A COMPRESSOR STALL IN CRUISE. PILOT RETURNED TO BASE, AS THE ENGINE WAS LOADED UP FOR LANDING 2 MORE COMPRESSOR STALLS OCCURRED. ACFT WAS LANDED AND SHUTDOWN WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. COMPRESSOR WAS SENT TO REPAIR SHOP WHERE IT WAS NOTED THAT `THE CASE HALVE STATORS BELOW THIS STAGE WERE BADLY DAMAGED AS WELL AND THEREFORE HARD TO ASCERTAIN WHICH HAD FAILED, THE WHEEL BLADE OR A CASE HALVE STATOR. NO STATORS ABOVE THIS FAILED 5TH STAGE WHEEL SHOW ANY DAMAGE OR FOD.