Service difficulty report · Line · Bell 206B3

Difficulty date
January 26, 2015
Submitted
March 12, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Bell 206B3
Part
Line
Condition
Failed
Location
Hydraulic Sys
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, J
Precautionary procedure
E

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

What was found

(CAN) CURRENTLY DID A 300 HR/ANNUAL MPI. REMOVED THE AND CLEANED THE HYDRAULIC FILTER. THE TEST FLIGHT WAS COMPLETED AND NO ISSUES PICKED UP. THE FOLLOWING DAY THE OWNER OF THE MACHINE CAME TO COLLECT IT AND UPON STARTING, SPOOLED THE MACHINE UP TO FIND HE HAD NO HYDRAULIC POWER, AFTER CYCLING THE HYDRAULIC SWITCH HE SHUT THE MACHINE DOWN, AS SUSPECTED, SOMETHING COULD BE WRONG. HE THEN FOUND THE TOP DECK FULL OF HYDRAULIC FLUID WHICH WAS NOT THERE ON THE PREFLIGHT. THE HYDRAULIC FILTER POP UP BUTTON HAS NOT POPPED.

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