# SDR CA120605003

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: May 22, 2012
- Submitted: September 14, 2015
- Operation: General aviation
- Make and model: Bell 212
- Registry model: [Bell 212](https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-212) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft time: 19,571 hours
- Engine: Pwa PT6T3B
- System (JASC): [7250 · Turbine Section](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/7250)
- Part: Blade
- Condition: Fractured
- Location: Turbine Section
- Stage of operation: CR
- How discovered: O
- Nature of condition: E, R, J
- Precautionary procedure: B, A
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CA120605003

## Discrepancy

(CAN) DURING LOGGING OPERATIONS, AS THE ACFT WAS COMING IN TO DROP,  A NOISE WAS HEARD AND A POWER LOSS FOLLOWED ACCOMPANIED BY HIGH TEMPERATURE.  THE LOAD WAS LET GO AN A SAFE LANDING FOLLOWED AT THE DROPPING ZONE.  INSPECTION FOUND TURBINE BLADE FRACTURES.

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