Service difficulty report · Engine · Snias AS350B3

Difficulty date
September 15, 2025
Submitted
September 16, 2025
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N507AM
Make and model
Snias AS350B3
Aircraft serial
4711
Aircraft time
6,365 hours, 11,054 cycles
Engine
Tmeca ARRIEL2B1
Engine time
5,426 hours, 5,017 cycles
Part
Engine
Condition
Power Loss
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
R
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

WE WERE TAKING OFF FROM THE PAD AT PRESCOTT WITH A PATIENT ONBOARD. HAD GOOD POWER IN HOVER AND ON TAKEOFF ABOUT 200-300 FT AND GOT JUST PAST THE STREETLIGHTS IN FRONT OF THE PAD. POWER SETTING BELOW THE YELLOW RANGE, FOR A BRIEF SECOND THE NOSE ROTATING TO LEFT ABOUT 20 DEG AND STARTED TO SETTLE. THERE WAS NO POPPING NOISE. FOR THAT SPILT SECOND IT FELT LIKE IT WAS LOSING POWER. THEN EVERYTHING CAME BACK UP TO NORMAL. THE GAUGES WERE GREEN AND THERE WERE NO LIGHTS OR WARNINGS ON THE VEND, WE WERE STILL FLYING. SAFEST PLACE TO LAND WAS RIGHT BACK TO OUR PAD. I CIRCLED BACK AND LANDED SAFELY. ON THE GROUND EVERYTHING FELT NORMAL. NO LIGHTS OR VEND MESSAGES.