Service difficulty report · Adiru · Bell 429

Difficulty date
September 28, 2018
Submitted
August 17, 2020
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Bell 429
Aircraft time
1,028 hours
Part
Adiru
Part number
429075123105
Condition
Unreliable
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) DURING AN ICE PATROL WITH THE RIGHT FLIGHT DIRECTOR (FD) COUPLED IN `ALT` AND `ASPD`, AS HDG PRESELECT WAS SELECTED TO RESET THE DG AFTER 8 MINUTES OF FLIGHT, THE `FD DECOUPLED AND `AP 2 DEGRADED` CAS WAS DISPLAYED FOR A FEW SECONDS. DURING THE WHOLE FLIGHT, EVERY TIME THE PILOT TRIED TO RESET THEIR `DG` THE `FD` WOULD DECOUPLED EVEN IF THEY SOMETIMES COUPLED IN `FMS` MODE INSTEAD. ON SEVERAL OCCASION DURING THIS FLIGHT THE `ALTN DATA FAIL` AND `DATA BUS` CAS WERE DISPLAYED FOR A FEW SECONDS. (TC# 20190712002)

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