Service difficulty report · Valve · Bell 204B

Difficulty date
May 26, 2015
Submitted
August 5, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Bell 204B
Aircraft time
27,411 hours
Engine
Hnywl T5313BHNYWL
Part
Valve
Part number
204076055001
Condition
Broken
Location
Hyd System
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

(CAN) DURING FLIGHT TRAINING, TWO PILOTS WERE FLYING FOR A PPC. THE ACFT WAS JUST COMING OUT OF A TURN WHEN THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR SWITCHED THE HYDRAULICS OFF, AT THIS POINT THE CYCLIC IMMEDIATELY WENT HARD LT WITH BOTH PILOTS BEING UNABLE TO RESIST THE MOVEMENT. ONE OF THE PILOTS WAS ABLE TO SWITCH THE HYDRAULICS BACK ON ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AT WHICH POINT FULL CONTROL OF THE ACFT WAS RECOVERED. THE ACFT WAS LANDED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE WITH NO FURTHER DEFECTS. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT ALL PRE FLIGHT HYDRAULIC CHECKS HAD BEEN CARRIED OUT BEFORE THE FLIGHT WITH NO DEFECTS. UPON INSPECTION OF THE ACFT IT WAS FOUND THAT ONCE THE RT SERVO WAS DISCONNECTED IT COULD EASILY BE MOVED UP AND DOWN. BOTH THE RT SERVO AND IRREVERSIBLE VALVE WERE REPLACED AT THIS TIME AND ALL HYDRAULIC CHECKS WERE CARRIED OUT ON THE GROUND AND IN FLIGHT WITH OUT ANY FURTHER DEFECTS. THE SERVO AND IRR VALVE WERE BOTH SENT TO AN O/H FACILITY AND UPON DISASSEMBLY OF THE IRR VALVE IT WAS FOUND THAT ONE OF THE SPRINGS FOR A CHECK VALVE INSIDE THE UNIT WAS BROKEN IN MULTIPLE SPOTS WHICH WOULD HAVE CAUSED THE ISSUE WITH THE ACFT. THERE WERE NO DEFECTS FOUND WITH THE SERVO. THERE HAVE BEEN NO FURTHER OCCURRENCES WITH THE ACFT SINCE REPLACEMENT OF THE SERVO AND IRR VALVE.

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