What was found
WHILE PERFORMING MODIFICATION TU347 TO MODULE 3, DISCOVERED THE SECOND STAGE NOZZLE GUIDE VANE ERRODED AND CRACKED. REASSEMBLED MODULE 3 QND ARE SENDING IT TO A LEVEL 4 REPAIR CENTER FOR REPAIR.
- Difficulty date
- August 1, 2011
- Submitted
- August 3, 2011
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N352LN
- Make and model
- Snias AS350B2
- Aircraft serial
- 3728
- Aircraft time
- 3,623 hours, 10,267 cycles
- Engine
- Tmeca ARRIEL1D1
- Engine time
- 3,623 hours, 10,913 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 7200 · Engine (Turbine/Turboprop)
- Part
- Guide Vane
- Part number
- 2292401800
- Part serial
- 7088PR
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Engine
- Part time
- 1,439 hours, 3,186 cycles
- 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.