Service difficulty report · Drive Assy · Snias AS350B2

Difficulty date
July 27, 2012
Submitted
September 14, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Snias AS350B2
Engine
Tmeca ARRIEL1D1
Part
Drive Assy
Condition
Failed
Location
Engine
Part time
1,063 hours
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
E
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

(CAN) FOLLOWING A REPAIR, THE ENGINE FAILED TO START AND WITH INVESTIGATION WAS DISASSEMBLE AND 2 MODULES, M02 AND M03, SENT TO ENGINE MFG FOR REPAIR. ON RECEIVING REPAIR/INSPECTED MODULES, ENGINE TECH REP WAS ON SITE TO ASSEMBLE ENGINE AND THEN IT WAS INSTALLED IN AIRFRAME. DURING GROUND RUN, A UNUSUAL NOISE WAS HEARD AT AROUND 70 PERCENT NG AND AS SOON AS THROTTLE WAS ADVANCED IT WOULD GO AWAY. ALSO, DURING THIS TIME A VIBRATION WAS FELT AROUND THE STARTER AND ACCESSORIES OFF THE ACCESSORY GEARBOX. ENGINE VIBRATIONS WERE MEASURED TO BE 3 TIMES THE VIBRATIONS THEY WERE PREVIOUS TO ANY REPAIRS AND TROUBLESHOOTING CONSISTED OF TRYING DIFFERENT STARTER GENERATORS AND BLEED VALVES BUT ENGINE VIBRATIONS WERE STILL 3 TIMES WORSE THAN PREVIOUS, STILL WITHIN LIMITS BUT MUCH WORSE. THE UNUSUAL NOISE STILL BEING PRESENT WAS THE CAUSE FOR CONCERN AND THE CAUSE TO REMOVE THE ENGINE AND REINSTALLED.