Service difficulty report · Wire · Agusta A109E

Difficulty date
June 2, 2017
Submitted
June 5, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N509CF
Make and model
Agusta A109E
Aircraft serial
11061
Aircraft time
5,129 hours
Engine
Pwa PW206A
Engine time
4,521 hours
Part
Wire
Condition
Damaged
Location
Engine
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
Y, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

WHEN PILOT PULLED AIRCRAFT INTO HOVER, THE NR 1 ENGINE SHUT DOWN. UPON INSPECTION, FOUND TWO WIRES THAT HAD PULLED OUT OF THERE SPLICES. THIS WAS A REPEAT OF SAME PROBLEM THE DAY BEFORE. HAD FOUND MULTIPLE WIRES CHAFED AND TWO BROKEN WIRES. REPAIRED WIRES AS NEEDED. SPLICED THE WIRES THAT AND DID AN OPS CHECK. ENGINE STARTED NORMAL PULLED AIRCRAFT. UP UNTIL IT WAS LIGHT ON WHEELS AND NR 1 ENGINE CONTINUED TO RUN. NEXT DAY CHECKED AND FLEW A TEST FLIGHT AND AIRCRAFT OPERATED NORMAL.

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