Service difficulty report · Spacer · Snias AS350B3

Difficulty date
February 11, 2014
Submitted
September 14, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Snias AS350B3
Aircraft time
679 hours
Engine
Tmeca ARRIEL2D
Part
Spacer
Part number
350A37128901
Condition
Loose
Location
Mast Assembly
Part time
790 hours
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

(CAN) ACFT WAS HAVING ROTOR RPM FLUCTUATION INDICATION TROUBLES IN FLIGHT. TROUBLESHOOTING THIS PROBLEM LED TO AN INDICATION ISSUE. REPLACED THE NR/N2 INDICATOR. WENT FOR A TEST FLIGHT AND FOUND THIS, RPM IS GOOD ON THE GROUND, BUT WHEN YOU PULL IN POWER FOR LIFT OFF THE NR INDICATOR STARTS TO FLUCTUATE AGAIN. LEFT THE NEW INDICATOR INSTALLED, INSTALLED A NEW NR SENSOR IN THE MAIN ROTOR SHAFT ASSY. DID A GROUND RUN AND THE SAME THING HAPPEN, GOOD ON THE GROUND AND START TO FLUCTUATE WITH POWER. MFG FOUND INFORMATION FROM ACFT MFG THAT MIGHT HAVE A LOOSE SPACER ASSY. REPLACED THE SPACER ASSY, ON REMOVAL OF THE EPICYCLIC FROM THE SHAFT, FOUND THAT THE BOLTS HOLDING IT IN PLACE WERE LOOSE, NOT AT THEIR TORQUE VALVES. THERE WAS WEAR ON THE SPACER AND ALSO ON THE SHAFT WERE THE TWO SEAT TOGETHER. THE INSTALLATION OF THE NEW SPACER ASSY CORRECTED OUT PROBLEM OR IT MAY HAVE BEAM THE NEW TORQUE SETTINGS.