Service difficulty report · Blade · Bell 212

Difficulty date
May 3, 2012
Submitted
September 14, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Bell 212
Aircraft time
31,489 hours
Engine
Pwa PT6T3B
Part
Blade
Condition
Failed
Location
Compessor Disk
Part time
10,969 hours
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
R
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

(CAN) ON FINAL APPROACH NR 2 ENGINE COMPRESSOR STALL OCCURED FOLLOWED BY HIGH PITCH WHINING. PILOT SHUTDOWN ACFT AND AUTOROTATED, LANDED. UPON INVESTIGATION COMPRESSOR BLADE WAS FOUND LYING IN INLET SCREEN. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION 1ST STAGE COMPRESSOR WHEEL WAS MISSING THE AFFECTED BLADE AND THERE WAS DAMAGE TO 2ND STAGE COMPRESSOR. POWER SECTION WAS REPLACED WITH SERVICEABLE UNIT AND RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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