Service difficulty report · Servo

Difficulty date
January 10, 2012
Submitted
September 14, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Part
Servo
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Main Rotor
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
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

(CAN) WHEN INSTALLING THE SERVO THE ENGINEER NOTICED IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO INSTALL THE LOWER ROD BEARING AS THERE WERE NO THREADS IN THE PISTON. THE SERVO WAS AN O/H UNIT. THE SERVO WAS SENT TO ANOTHER O/H SHOP FOR REPAIR AND IT WAS NOTICED THAT THE PISTON WAS INSTALLED UPSIDE DOWN. THE SERVO WAS REPAIRED AND RETURNED IN SERVICEABLE CONDITION.