Service difficulty report · Adiru · Bell 429

Difficulty date
August 25, 2018
Submitted
August 17, 2020
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Bell 429
Aircraft time
1,160 hours
Part
Adiru
Part number
429075123105
Condition
Unreliable
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
H
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

(CAN) WHILE CONDUCTING A POLLUTION SURVEILLANCE FLIGHT, ILLUMINATION OF FLIGHT MISCOMPARED WITH 15 SECONDS INTERVALS OCCURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. COMPASS DRIFT OF MORE THAN 20 DEGREES OCCURRED WITHIN 5 MIN AFTER HEADING RESET IN HEADING PRESET MODE (FMS-45) WITH ERRONEOUS GROUNDSPEED VELOCITY AND DIRECTION. THIS SITUATION REOCCURRED MANY TIMES THROUGHOUT THE FLIGHT. THE ERRORS SEEMS WORSE AND THE OCCURRENCE MORE FREQUENT ON FLIGHT WITH A LOTS OF TURNS. (TC# 20190704010)

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