What was found
INITIATED A NORMAL TAKEOFF TO THE SOUTH FROM TB-45. APPROXIMATELY 3-5 SECONDS AFTER INITIATION, A LOUD BANG WAS HEARD WITH ACCOMPANING AIRFRAME SHUTTER. ABORTED TAKE OFF. SECOND BANG AND SHUTTER FOLLOWED AS ACFT SETTLED TO THE GROUND.
- Difficulty date
- October 23, 2015
- Submitted
- October 26, 2015
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N297CA
- Make and model
- Bell 206B3
- Aircraft serial
- 1453
- Aircraft time
- 16,175 hours, 20,507 cycles
- Engine
- Allsn 250C20B
- Engine time
- 14,014 hours, 21,054 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 7230 · Turbine Engine Compressor Section
- Part
- Compressor
- Part number
- 6890550
- Part serial
- CAC80084
- Condition
- Defective
- Location
- Engine
- Part time
- 20,864 hours, 26,303 cycles
- Stage of operation
- TO
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- E
- Precautionary procedure
- C
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.