Service difficulty report · Servo · Snias AS350B2

Difficulty date
July 20, 2010
Submitted
March 15, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Snias AS350B2
Aircraft time
5,334 hours
Engine
Tmeca ARRIEL1D1
Part
Servo
Part number
AC67244
Condition
Failed
Location
Flight Controls
Part time
1,650 hours
Stage of operation
HO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

PILOT CONDUCTING SLING OPERATIONS. AFTER ABOUT 3-4 MOVES THE PILOT ENCOUNTERED SIGNIFICANT UNCOMMANDED CYCLIC FORCES PUSHING THE CYCLIC IN THE RT DIRECTION. CYCLIC FORCES INCREASED THE MORE COLLECTIVE PITCH WAS INCREASED. SLINGING OPERATIONS WERE CEASED AND THE ACFT LANDED UNEVENTFULLY AND REMOVED FROM SERVICE UNTIL DEFECT RECTIFIED. FLIGHT CONTROL SYS INSPECTED AND RT LATERAL SERVO FOUND TO BE AT FAULT. SERVO REMOVED FROM SERVICE AND REPLACED WITH OVERHAULED UNIT, SAME PN, AND ACFT TESTED SERVICEABLE WITH FAULT RECTIFIED. ADDITIONAL TESTING DURING FAULT ANALYSIS CONCLUDED FORE/AFT SERVO, PN: AC-67426 TSO: 680 HRS, TO BE SLOW IN RESPONSE TO PILOT INPUTS. SERVO REPLACED WITH O/H UNIT AT SAME TIME OF LATERAL SERVO REPLACEMENT AND ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. REVIEW OF RECORDS SHOWS PREVIOUS SERVO REMOVAL FOR SAME ISSUE WITH REPAIR AND RETURN SERVICE AT 12.3 HRS TSO.