Service difficulty report · Actuator · Airbus A300*

Difficulty date
April 14, 2022
Submitted
April 14, 2022
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N9383
Make and model
Airbus A300*
Aircraft serial
938372146
Aircraft time
1,597 hours, 3,121 cycles
Engine
Tmeca ARRIEL1E2
Engine time
1,597 hours
Part
Actuator
Part number
B673M40A1001
Part serial
00336
Condition
Wrong Part
Location
Tail Rotor Pylon
Part time
1,181 hours
Stage of operation
HO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F, P
Precautionary procedure
C

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

What was found

IN ACCORDANCE WITH SB MBB-BK117 C-2-67-013, IF THE TAIL ROTOR ACTUATOR (P/N B673M40A1001 [TYPE 1]) IS REPLACED, IT WILL BE REPLACED WITH THE IMPROVED VERSION (P/N B673M40A1002 [TYPE 2]) OF THE TAIL ROTOR ACTUATOR. THE TYPE 1 T/R ACTUATOR WAS REPLACED ON MARCH 9, 2021 WITH A TYPE 1 T/R ACTUATOR INSTEAD OF A TYPE 2, AS REQUIRED BY THE SB. WHILE READING THE SERVICE BULLETIN (LISTED ABOVE), IT IS MY INTERPRETATION THAT THE AIRCRAFT IS NOT INCOMPLIANCE WITH THE SB. I AM ASKING FOR WRITTEN CLARIFICATION, FROM AIRBUS HELICOPTER, INC., AS TO WHETHER THIS AIRCRAFT IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SB AND IF IT IS IN AN AIRWORTHY CONDITION TO FLY. ALSO, THIS AIRCRAFT HAS EXPERIENCED AN INTERMITTENT CONDITION OF AN IN-FLIGHT, UNCOMMANDED YAW EXCURSION, OF UP TO 90 DEGREES, WITH THE YAW PEDALS "BINDED" AND IMMOVABLE. THIS CONDITION WAS ENCOUNTERED WHILE IN OR ESTABLISHING AN IN-GROUND-EFFECT HOVER.