Service difficulty report · Fadec · Urocop EC130B4

Difficulty date
April 30, 2003
Submitted
May 19, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N11QD
Make and model
Urocop EC130B4
Engine
Tmeca ARRIEL1B
Part
Fadec
Part number
70BMF01000
Part serial
705
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Engine Control
Part time
2,017 hours
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

TEN MINUTES INTO THE FIRST FLIGHT OF THE DAY, A SERIES OF WARNING GONGS WENT OFF IN THE PILOTS HEADSET FOLLOWED BY THE YELLOW (GOV) LIGHT, THE RED (GOV) LIGHT AND THE RED (TWX GRIP) LIGHT ALL BEING ILLUMINATED. THE RED (GOV) LIGHT FLICKERED AND EVENTUALLY WENT OUT. THE PILOT RETURNED TO THE HELIPORT. THE TWIST GRIP WOULD NOT RETARD THE ENGINE SPEED AND THE AIRCRAFT HAD TO BE SHUT DOWN FROM FLIGHT IDLE WITH THE SHUT OFF SWITCH. THIS INDICATES THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN BACK IN THE FULL EMERGENCY (EBCAU) MODE. THE FADEC WAS CHANGED TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM.

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