SDR HEEA107346

Service difficulty report · Engine · Bell 407

Difficulty date
April 19, 2005
Submitted
December 28, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N510PH
Make and model
Bell 407
Aircraft serial
53209
Aircraft time
4,504 hours
Engine
Allsn 250C47B
Part
Engine
Part number
23063392
Part serial
CAE847427
Condition
Noisy
Part time
4,504 hours
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

UPON DESCENT, CREW NOTICED UNUSUAL NOISES COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. ENTERED A POWER-ON AUTO ROTATIONAL PROFILE AND LANDED IN A NEARBY FIELD. MAINTENANCE REPORTS, ENGINE HAS A NOISE AT FULL THROTTLE, FLAT PITCH, THAT WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY WHEN TORQUE IS APPLIED AND LOUDEST JUST AFT OF THE EXHAUST COLLECTOR. THE NOISE WAS DESCRIBED AS A HIGH PITCH GROWL TYPE SOUND THAT OSCILLATES. THE CREW IN THE AFT CABIN HAD FIRST THOUGHT THE WHELAN SIREN WAS ON. REPLACED ENGINE.

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