Service difficulty report · Connector · Bell 407

Difficulty date
January 24, 2016
Submitted
January 26, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N522MT
Make and model
Bell 407
Aircraft serial
53272
Aircraft time
5,769 hours, 2,415 cycles
Part
Connector
Condition
Loose
Location
N2 Sensor
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

PILOT & CREW WERE COMING IN WITH A PATIENT ONBOARD. ENROUTE TO THE HOSPITAL PILOT ENCOUNTERED A FADEC FAULT ILLUMINATION ON THE CWP. TAKING PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES, THE PILOT LANDED AT THE MX FACILITY WHICH WAS CLOSER THAN THE HOSPITAL. THE PATIENT WAS THEN TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL BY GND AMBULANCE. AFTER DOWNLOADING THE FAULT COMPLIED WITH FIM TASK 73-25-04-108, IT WAS THEN THAT A LOOSE CONNECTOR ON THE N2 SENSOR WAS FOUND. THE CONNECTOR WAS TIGHTENED, FAULT CLEARED WITH A GND RUN COMPLETED. NO FURTHER DISCREPANCIES WERE NOTED & THE ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE AFTER LOG BOOK DOCUMENTATION.

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