Service difficulty report · Combustion Liner · Bell 206B

Difficulty date
October 5, 2009
Submitted
December 1, 2009
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Bell 206B
Aircraft time
15,319 hours
Engine
Allsn 250C20B
Part
Combustion Liner
Part number
23056108
Condition
Bent
Location
Engine
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

(CAN) - AFTER AN INSP OF THE ENG FOR EXCESSIVE TOT DURING STARTUP, AT WHICH TIME COMBUSTION CASE, COMBUSTION LINER, FUEL NOZZLE, & IGNITER WERE REMOVED AND REINSTALLED. ENGINE WOULD NOT START. THERE WAS NO SPARK AT IGNITER. AFTER TROUBLESHOOTING, IGNITER WAS REMOVED AND IT WAS NOTED THAT END OF IGNITER HAD DAMAGE ON IT, FROM BEING IN CONTACT WITH BORE IN COMBUSTION LINER. IGNITER HAD NOT BEEN MISALIGNED WITH BORE IN THE COMBUSTION LINER AND HAD CAUSED COMBUSTION LINER TO ALSO BE DAMAGED, AS THE IGNITER PUSHED ON BORE FACE DURING PREVIOUS INSTALLATION. DAMAGED COMBUSTION LINER AND INGITER WERE REPLACED WITH NEW/O/H PARTS AND ENGINE STARTED WITH NO PROBLEMS. NOTE: THIS WORK WAS CARRIED OUT AWAY FROM BASE, IN ANOTHER HANGAR, AT ANOTHER SITE, WHICH MAY HAVE CAUSED SOME OF THE ISSUES, AS THE ENGINEER WAS OUT OF HIS NORMAL PLACE OF WORK. SELF INFLICTED PRESSURE TO GET THE WORK DONE QUICKLY AND RETURN HOME MAY HAVE BEEN A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR TO THE MISTAKES MADE.

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