SDR 95ZZZX5537

Service difficulty report · Altimeter · Bell 206B

Difficulty date: September 12, 1995
Submitted: March 26, 2000
Operation: General aviation
Aircraft: N223AJ
Make and model: Bell 206B
Aircraft serial: 1734
System (JASC): 3416 · Altimeter, Barometric/Encoder
Part: Altimeter
Part number: 59341A91
Condition: Hang-Up
Location: Cockpit
Component: Unitedinst
Stage of operation: CR
Nature of condition: O
Precautionary procedure: K

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

What was found

PILOT REPORTED ALTIMETER HANG-UP AT 5,000 FEET. TESTED IN SHOP, UNIT STOPPED AT 12,000 FEET ON DESCENT. IT WOULD START AT 10,500 FEET. UPON DISASSEMBLY, INSPECTED INSHAKE ON ALL PIVOTS. THERE WAS NO INSHAKE AT ALL. THIS UNIT WAS MFG IN 1979 AND WAS NEVER OVERHAULED SINCE.

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