Service difficulty report · Servo · Bell 206L4

Difficulty date
January 23, 2012
Submitted
January 25, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N177AL
Make and model
Bell 206L4
Aircraft serial
52157
Aircraft time
16,012 hours, 48,501 cycles
Part
Servo
Part number
206076062101
Part serial
RH4471A
Condition
Defective
Location
Hyd System
Part time
14,326 hours
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

THE CYCLIC MADE AN AFT AND RT MOVEMENT WHEN THE HYD SYS SWITCH WAS MOVED FROM THE 'OFF' POSITION TO THE 'ON' POSITION, FOLLOWING THE DEMONSTRATION OF AN IN-FLIGHT HYD FAILURE AND HYDRAULICS OFF LANDING. WHILE STILL LANDED, THE INSTRUCTOR MOVED THE HYDRAULICS SYS SWITCH FROM 'ON' TO 'OFF' AND BACK TO 'ON'. THE CYCLIC MADE A SECOND AFT AND RT MOVEMENT. THE ACFT WAS SHUTDOWN AND MX WAS NOTIFIED. THIS MALFUNCTION OCCURRED DURING A TRAINING FLIGHT FOLLOWING 3 PREVIOUS LANDINGS WITH THE HYDRAULICS IN THE 'ON' POSITION.

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