Service difficulty report · Wire · Bolkms BK117B2

Difficulty date
April 6, 2011
Submitted
September 14, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Bolkms BK117B2
Aircraft time
8,127 hours
Engine
Lyc LTS101750B1
Part
Wire
Condition
Broken
Location
Yaw Csas Sys
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E
Precautionary procedure
C

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

What was found

(CAN) AFTER STARTUP & RUNNING ON FLIGHT IDLE THE HELICOPTER CREW EXPERIENCED A SHAKING & ROCKING IN THE AIRFRAME. CREW SHUTDOWN HELICOPTER WITHOUT INCIDENT & INSPECTED THE HELICOPTER. NO FAULTS WERE FOUND VISUALLY. HELICOPTER STARTED & SHAKING BEGAN ONCE AGAIN. THE PILOT & AME WERE ABLE TO ELIMINATE THE SHAKING BY PULLING THE YAW CSAS CB. YAW CSAS SYS WAS DISABLED & DEFERRED FOR FLIGHT BACK TO MX HANGAR UNDER VFR CONDITIONS. YAW CSAS SYS INSPECTED & FOUND A BROKEN WIRE IN THE COMPUTER PLUG THAT WHEN IN OPEN CIRCUIT CONDITION CAUSED THE COMPUTER TO PUT OUT TOO HIGH OF A VOLTAGE TO THE COMPONENTS. WIRE WAS REPAIRED & SYS WAS TESTED SERVICEABLE, INCLUDING A SATISFACTORY TEST FLIGHT. FAULT CLOSED & ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.