Service difficulty report · Pressure Switch · Snias AS350B2

Difficulty date
August 9, 2010
Submitted
March 15, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Snias AS350B2
Aircraft time
1,412 hours
Engine
Tmeca ARRIEL1D1
Part
Pressure Switch
Part number
1130021089
Condition
Intermittent
Location
M/R Gearbox
Part time
1,213 hours
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

(CAN) FLASHES OF THE MGB PRESSURE LIGHT IN FLIGHT. AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY. AME SENT ON SITE, NO VISIBLE DAMAGE OR LEAK. MGB PRESSURE SWITCH SUSPECTED TO BE THE CAUSE AND REPLACED. MGB FILTER REPLACED. RUN-UP, LEAK CHECK AND TEST FLIGHT C/O, WITHOUT ANY ADDITIONAL PROBLEM. AIRCRAFT RELEASED. AFTER 6.6 HOURS OF FLIGHT, ON AUG 12, 2010, RE-OCCURRENCE OF THE PROBLEM. TROUBLESHOOTING C/O. WIRING SUSPECTED AND REPAIRED. IN ADDITION, THE NEW SWITCH INSTALLED (S/N 25712) IS DETERMINED TO BE FAULTY (HIGH THRESHOLD), AND REMOVED. THE OLD SWITCH (S/N 21455) IS TESTED, FOUND SERVICEABLE AND RE-INSTALLED. (TC# 20100811003)