Service difficulty report · Unknown · Bell 407

Difficulty date
December 20, 2023
Submitted
December 22, 2023
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N408LL
Make and model
Bell 407
Aircraft serial
53483
Aircraft time
10,277 hours, 26,174 cycles
Engine
Allsn 250C47B
Engine time
4,690 hours, 11,098 cycles
Part
Unknown
Part number
UNKNOWN
Condition
Unknown
Location
Unknown
Stage of operation
AA
How discovered
C
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

INLET BARRIER FILTER LIGHT ILLUMINATED IN FLIGHT BY PILOT 18926. PROBLEM DETERMINED TO BE DUE TO A PARTIALLY CLOGGED FILTER. PILOT RETURNED TO BASE AFTER SEEING THE AFS FILTER LIGHT DURING HIGH POWER SETTINGS. LIGHT EXTINGUISHED AFTER POWER WAS REDUCED. INSPECTED FILTER, COMPRESSOR INLET, FILTER MAINTENANCE AID, AND DELTA P SWITCH IAW AFS STC SR9368RC. FUNCTION CHECKED OK AFTER SERVICEABLE AFS INLET BARRIER FILTER WAS INSTALLED. UNABLE TO FILL IN SECTIONS 5 AND 6 WITHOUT GETTING ERRORS. SECTION 5 (A) AFS INLET BARRIER FILTER, (B) AEROSPACE FILTRATION SYSTEMS (AFS), (C) 106201-103, (D) 2562, (E) SERVICEABLE, (F) FILTER DIRTY, (G) 278, (H) 702, (I) 278, REPAIR SECTION 6 (A) ENGINE INLET COWLING, (B) BELL, (C) 206-064-819-161, (D) 53483, (E) 407, (F) ARM 142.27, (G) 10277, (H) 26174, (I) 10277

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