Service difficulty report · Hmu · Bell 407

Difficulty date
May 8, 2013
Submitted
September 14, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Bell 407
Aircraft time
241 hours
Engine
Allsn 250C47B
Part
Hmu
Part number
M25010136
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Engine
Part time
283 hours
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

(CAN) DURING CRUISE FLIGHT AND APPROXIMATELY 30 TO 45 MINUTES AFTER TAKEOFF THE PILOT HEARD A PING AND NOTED THE FADEC DEGRADE AND RESTART LIGHTS ON. UPON LANDING THE THROTTLE WAS SELECTED TO IDLE BUT THE ENGINE REMAINED AT 100 PERCENT NR. WITH THE THROTTLE PLA MATCHED, NEAR IDLE, FOR THE INDICATED NG THE FADEC WAS SWITCHED INTO MANUAL MODE. THE ENGINE AND NR DECREASED TOWARDS IDLE SPEED AND AS THE RPM REACHED IDLE THE PILOT SELECTED AUTO MODE AND THE LIGHTS EXTINGUISHED. AFTER OPS CHECKS AND A LOCAL TEST FLIGHT THE PILOT RETURNED TO THE OPERATOR`S MAIN MAINTENANCE BASE. THE GPS SCREEN SHOWED A HMU PLA POT AND PLA12FLT CODES. THE ECU LISTED HARDFLT, PLAHDFLT, PLADFLT AND PLA 12 FLT FAULTS. TROUBLESHOOTING WAS COMPLETED IAW MFG FAULT ISOLATION MANUAL TASK 106 WHICH RECOMMEND HMU REPLACEMENT.

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