Service difficulty report · Relay · Agusta AW139

Difficulty date
April 20, 2023
Submitted
April 24, 2023
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N381MD
Make and model
Agusta AW139
Aircraft serial
41276
Aircraft time
2,601 hours, 10,098 cycles
Part
Relay
Part number
3G7610V00331
Part serial
S11053838
Condition
Incorrect
Location
Zone 200
Part time
2,601 hours, 10,098 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

PILOT DISCREPANCY: "NO. 1 EEC CAS ILLUMINATED ENROUTE TO PAD, CLEARED ON SUBSEQUENT START-UP." TROUBLESHOOTING FOUND THAT THE #1 ENGINE EEC INTEGRITY TO BE SATISFACTORY, WITH NO INTERNAL FAULTS FOUND. FURTHER TROUBLESHOOTING REVEALED THAT THE ENGINE RELAYS BOX WAS CAUSING AN ERRONEOUS 1 EEC CAS MESSAGE, AS THE ENGINE NEVER REVERTED TO MANUAL MODE. IT WAS ALSO FOUND THAT THE DISCREPANCY WAS ABLE TO BE DUPLICATED ON THE GROUND WITH ELECTRICAL POWER APPLIED FOR 15 MINUTES, AT WHICH TIME THE 1 EEC CAS MESSAGE WOULD APPEAR. A REPAIRED RELAYS BOX WAS INSTALLED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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