Service difficulty report · Drive Belt · Snias AS350B3

Difficulty date
June 7, 2016
Submitted
June 9, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N911MT
Make and model
Snias AS350B3
Aircraft serial
3233
Aircraft time
7,867 hours, 29,650 cycles
Engine
Tmeca ARRIEL2B
Engine time
7,693 hours, 22,583 cycles
Part
Drive Belt
Part number
POLYV597K4
Condition
Broken
Location
Hyd System
Part time
100 hours
Stage of operation
AA
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
B

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

What was found

DURING STRAIGHT AND LEVEL FLIGHT, ACFT EXPERIENCED A COMPLETE HYDRAULIC FAILURE, FOLLOWED BY THE HYDRAULIC LIGHT.. EMERGENCY PROCEDURE WAS FOLLOWED IAW THE CHECK LIST AND ACFT WAS SAFELY LANDED WITH NO FURTHER DAMAGE. DURING POST FLIGHT, HYDRAULIC BELT WAS FOUND TO HAVE FAILED AND COME APART.