Service difficulty report · Actuator · Urocop EC135T2

Difficulty date
November 27, 2008
Submitted
December 5, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N235UW
Make and model
Urocop EC135T2
Aircraft serial
0548
Aircraft time
837 hours
Part
Actuator
Part number
41800876800
Part serial
387062
Condition
Inoperative
Location
T/R Control
Part time
837 hours
Stage of operation
AA
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F, J
Precautionary procedure
L

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What was found

ON SHORT FINAL AT STOUGHTON HOSPITAL HELIPAD CAUTION LIGHT ILLUM AND CAD INDICATED YAW SAS AND ACTUATION LIGHTS WITH A CORRESPONDING AMBER "Y" ON THE PFD. INITIATED A GO AROUND. AS POWER WAS APPLIED THE MASTER WARNING PANEL ILLUMINATED AND THE AP A. TRIM LIGHT ILLUMINATED ALONG WITH THE DISCONNECT OF THE AUTOPILOT, P SAS, P/R SAS CAD LIGHTS. GO AROUND WAS CONTINUED AND PILOT WAS ABLE TO RESET P SAS, P/R SAS AND THE AUTOPILOT, CLIMB TO SAFE ALTITUDE AND AIRSPEED AND FM WAS CHECKED FOR PROPER PROCEDURE. YAW SAS AND ACTUATION LIGHTS WOULD NOT RESET. FLIGHT RETURNED TO BASE AND MAINT WAS ALERTED.

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