What was found
DURING ACFT AIRWORTHINESS CHECK, A 3/8 INCH CRACK WAS NOTED ON THE RT SIDE OF THE ENGINE COMPRESSOR ASSEMBLY IN THE COMPRESSOR HOUSING.
- Difficulty date
- March 27, 2014
- Submitted
- April 1, 2014
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N404LL
- Make and model
- Bell 407
- Aircraft serial
- 53446
- Aircraft time
- 6,927 hours, 19,566 cycles
- Engine
- Allsn 250C47B
- Engine time
- 2,867 hours, 7,044 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 7230 · Turbine Engine Compressor Section
- Part
- Compressor
- Part number
- 23065993
- Part serial
- CAC44233
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Engine
- Part time
- 416 hours
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.