Service difficulty report · Servo · Skrsky S92A

Difficulty date
January 20, 2025
Submitted
January 20, 2025
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N927SC
Make and model
Skrsky S92A
Aircraft serial
920310
Aircraft time
3,180 hours, 3,637 cycles
Part
Servo
Part number
9241015800114
Part serial
B03301176
Condition
Leaking
Location
Main Rotor
Part time
3,180 hours, 3,637 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT, THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A NO. 2 HYDRAULIC PUMP LOW CAS AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO BASE. UPON INSPECTION, WE DISCOVERED THAT THE FORWARD SERVO SEAL WAS LEAKING EXTENSIVELY, WHICH LIKELY CAUSED THE NO. 2 HYDRAULIC SYSTEM TO RUN DRY. THE SEAL IS LEAKING STATIC AS JUST AS FAST AS THE NO 2 HYDRAULIC SYSTEM IS SERVICED.