# SDR FXTA20230926001

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: August 9, 2023
- Submitted: September 26, 2023
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N520A](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N520A), registered now
- Make and model: Snias AS350B3
- Aircraft serial: 8607
- Aircraft time: 1,010 hours, 4,644 cycles
- Engine: Tmeca ARRIEL2D
- Engine time: 1,010 hours, 4,644 cycles
- System (JASC): [7261 · Turbine Engine Oil System](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/7261)
- Part: Motor
- Part number: 9696
- Part serial: 4401
- Condition: Failed
- Location: Blower
- Part time: 205 hours, 454 cycles
- Stage of operation: CR
- How discovered: C
- Nature of condition: O, E
- Precautionary procedure: O
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/FXTA20230926001

## Discrepancy

BLOWER MOTOR MAKING LOUD NOISES DURING OPERATION. WHEN FAN SPUN BY HAND THERE WAS INDICATION OF DRAG OR ROUGHNESS IN MOTOR. MOTOR HAS ONLY BEEN INSTALLED FOR 205.1HRS.

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