Service difficulty report · Hmu · Bell 407

Difficulty date
May 27, 2017
Submitted
May 30, 2017
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N406TD
Make and model
Bell 407
Aircraft serial
53743
Aircraft time
5,658 hours
Engine
Allsn 250C47B
Engine time
4,878 hours, 3,650 cycles
Part
Hmu
Part number
23078029REVA
Part serial
ALM0001
Condition
Degraded
Location
Engine
Part time
6,491 hours
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
E

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

What was found

PILOT REPORTED, CANNOT ROLL DOWN TO IDLE. FADEC DEGRADE AND RESTART FAULT ON CAUTION WARNING PANEL. FOLLOWED PROCEDURE AND CUT OFF FUEL. RESTART FAULT FLASHED 5 TIMES. RETURNED TO BASE, CHECKED PLA ANGLE WHEN IN HANGAR. FADEC FAILURE HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES WHEN CHECKING THE PLA ON THE TWIST GRIP AND COMPUTER.

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