Service difficulty report · Wire · Agusta AW139

Difficulty date
March 22, 2011
Submitted
March 28, 2011
Operation
General aviation
Filed by
DT1R098K
Leonardo Helicopters U.S. Corporation
Aircraft
N81PZ
Make and model
Agusta AW139
Aircraft serial
41246
Aircraft time
111 hours
Engine
Pwa PT6A67
Part
Wire
Condition
Misrepaired
Location
Zone 100
Part time
111 hours
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

DURING THE INSPECTION, CUSTOMER FOUND 63 OUT OF 92 SOLDER SPLICES INSTALLED ON THE ACFT WERE BAD. ALL THE SPLICES HAD FAILED FOR THE SAME REASON, SOLDER HAD NOT FLOWED TO THE STUB WIRE SIDE OF THE CONNECTION. OF THE FAILURES THE NR 2 MAU, THE NR 2 MRC, THE PILOT'S AND COPILOT'S AUDIO PANELS, AND ALL 4 PITCH AND ROLL SAS LINEAR ACTUATORS HAD EVERY ONE OF THEIR SOLDER SPLICES FAIL.

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