What was found
ON START UP, ENGINE FLAMMED OUT THEN COUGHT AGAIN ABOUT FOUR TIMES IN ABOUT 6 SECONDS. EACH TIME IN FLAMMED OUT TEMP DROPPED ABOUT 25 TO 50 DEGREES AND THEN WOULD RELIGHT. ABORTED START. MAX TEMP ABOUT 710.
- Difficulty date
- March 16, 2012
- Submitted
- March 22, 2012
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N123LN
- Make and model
- Snias AS350B2
- Aircraft serial
- 4115
- Aircraft time
- 1,699 hours, 5,852 cycles
- Engine
- Tmeca ARRIEL1D1
- Engine time
- 1,556 hours
- System (JASC)
- 7200 · Engine (Turbine/Turboprop)
- Part
- Engine
- Condition
- Failed
- Part time
- 1,556 hours, 4,360 cycles
- Stage of operation
- NR
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- Y, J
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.