What was found
FUEL COKING OCCURRING IN LABYRINTH SEAL AREA OF FUEL MANIFOLD CAUSING HARD ROTATION OF ENGINE DURING START. (K)
- Difficulty date
- August 7, 2006
- Submitted
- October 20, 2006
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N112AK
- Make and model
- Snias AS350B2
- Aircraft serial
- 3254
- Aircraft time
- 9,685 hours
- Engine
- Tmeca ARRIEL1D1
- System (JASC)
- 7320 · Fuel Controlling System
- Part
- Manifold
- Part number
- 0292208230
- Part serial
- 198315
- Condition
- Coked
- Location
- Engine
- Part time
- 1,259 hours
- Stage of operation
- NR
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.