Service difficulty report · Wheel · Snias AS350B3

Difficulty date
February 26, 2014
Submitted
September 14, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Snias AS350B3
Aircraft time
637 hours
Engine
Tmeca ARRIEL2D
Part
Wheel
Part number
350A37128901
Condition
Loose
Location
Transmission
Part time
685 hours
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
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 POWER APPLICATION, PILOT NOTICED AN ERRATIC READING ON THE MAIN ROTOR RPM GAUGE. ON FINAL APPROACH THE LOW ROTOR WARNING SYS ACTIVATED, ALARM IN HEADSET, HOWEVER, THE ROTOR RPM WHERE CORRECT. INVESTIGATION IN CONJUNCTION WITH MFG REVEALED THAT THE 6 BOLTS RETAINING THE MAST BEARING, WHICH IN TURN RETAIN THE PHONIC WHEEL IN PLACE WERE LOOSE AND NOT AT SPECIFIED TORQUE, CAUSING THE PHONIC WHEEL TO SPIN AND TRANSMIT FALSE INFORMATION TO THE SENSOR.