Service difficulty report · Potentiometer · Snias AS350B3

Difficulty date
May 10, 2013
Submitted
September 14, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Snias AS350B3
Aircraft time
9,453 hours
Engine
Tmeca ARRIEL2B
Part
Potentiometer
Part number
116SF2C502W253
Condition
Intermittent
Location
Collective
Part time
1,934 hours
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) ON A FLIGHT JUST BEFORE A FUEL STOP THE YELLOW GOVERNOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE MASTER CAUTION PANEL. THE PILOT LANDED WITH OUT INCIDENT. AFTER DISCUSSION WITH THE PILOT ABOUT THE FAULT CODE AND THE POWER BEING CYCLED ON THE ACFT THERE WAS NO SIGN OF THE YELLOW GOVERNOR LIGHT OR FAULT, SO HE RETURNED TO BASE. UPON RETURNING TO BASE THE COLLECTIVE WAS LOOKED ON THE VEMD AND IT SHOWED A CONSISTENT SIGNAL THROUGHOUT THE RANGE OF TRAVEL. IT FLEW APPROXIMATELY 3.5 HRS WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENT FROM THE INITIAL FAULT. THE PART WAS CHANGED ONCE A NEW ONE WAS OBTAINED. NOTE THIS PART USED TO HAVE A 2000 HR REPLACEMENT SCHEDULE BUT HAS SINCE BEEN REMOVED FROM THE MSM.