Service difficulty report · Clutch · Bell 206B

Difficulty date
November 8, 2010
Submitted
January 4, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Bell 206B
Aircraft time
18,411 hours
Engine
Allsn 250C20
Part
Clutch
Part number
CL422501
Condition
Failed
Location
Freewheel Unit
Part time
1,913 hours
Component
Freewheel Unit · Bell
Component part number
206040270117
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
9
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 SHUTDOWN, PILOT DID NOT SEE A NEEDLE SPLIT BETWEEN ROTOR SPEED, AND N2, BUT RATHER THE NEEDLES STAYED MARRIED. ENGINEER DISPATCHED TO AIRCRAFT WHO SPUN THE BLADES FORWARD AND OBSERVED THAT THE POWER TURBINE WAS ALSO ROTATING WHEN VIEWED THROUGH THE EXHAUST, WHEN IT SHOULDN’T HAVE BEEN. CHIP DETECTORS AND XMSN OIL MONITOR INSPECTED, NO PARTICLES FOUND. A START WAS CARRIED OUT SUCCESSFULLY AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS AGAIN SHUTDOWN WITH NO SPLIT ON THE DUAL TACH OBSERVED. THE FREEWHEEL UNIT WAS FOUND TO BE LOCKED AND WAS NOT ALLOWING THE M/R DRIVE TO FREEWHEEL WHEN THE ENGINE WAS SHUTDOWN. FREEWHEEL UNIT WAS REPLACED, A SATISFACTORY GROUND RUN AND OPERATIONAL CHECK PERFORMED, AND THE AIRCRAFT RELEASED BACK TO SERVICE.

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