Service difficulty report · Lever · Bell 206L1

Difficulty date
January 9, 2009
Submitted
January 9, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N116AE
Make and model
Bell 206L1
Aircraft serial
45632
Aircraft time
12,269 hours, 21,505 cycles
Engine
Allsn 250C30P
Engine time
2,361 hours, 2,547 cycles
Part
Lever
Part number
206010447109
Part serial
RE543
Condition
Wrong Part
Location
Collective
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
W
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

DURING AUDIT OF ELECTRONIC MX RECORDS AN UNRECOGNIZED PN WAS DISCOVERED. INVESTIGATION OF MFG ELECTRONIC TECH PUBS REVEALED (4) PN LISTED FOR THE COLLECTIVE LEVER. (3) OF THE PN WERE LISTED AS NON PROCUREABLE/SUPERCEDED. THE ONE PN SHOWN AS PROCURABLE WAS ISSUED TO ACFT AND INSTALLED. FURTHER INVESTIGATION DETERMINED THAT THE ISSUED PART WAS LISTED AS A 206L-4 COMPONENT AND THE MFG HAS ACCIDENTALLY LEFT OUT THE CURRENT PN FOR THE 206L, L-1, AND L-3 MODELS. COMMUNICATION WITH MFG PRODUCT SUPPORT ENGINEERING HAS SUPPLIED THE CORRECT PN AND THE ACFT IS GROUNDED AT THE BASE AWAITING ARRIVAL AND INSTALLATION OF THE CORRECT PN COLLECTIVE LEVER.

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