Service difficulty report · Potentiometer · Urocop EC130B4

Difficulty date
March 22, 2010
Submitted
March 22, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N151AC
Make and model
Urocop EC130B4
Aircraft serial
3732
Aircraft time
3,406 hours, 8,836 cycles
Engine
Tmeca ARRIEL2B1
Engine time
3,406 hours
Part
Potentiometer
Part number
116SF2C502W253
Condition
Unsecure
Part time
288 hours
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F, P
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

PILOT REPORTED THAT, IN CRUISE FLIGHT, WHEN SLOWLY INCREASING POWER FROM 93 PERCENT NG, PILOT PERCEIVED THAT ACFT EXPERIENCED A YAW/TORQUE KICK. DURING OCCURRENCE, NO GOV LIGHTS ILLUMINATED, NOR WERE ANY GOV LIGHTS ILLUMINATED DURING SHUTDOWN, DURING NORMAL LANDING. NO FAILURE CODES WERE RECORDED ON VEMD. ON THE FADEC DATA PAGE REVIEWED ON VEMD, COLLECTIVE PITCH DATA WAS OBSERVED TO BE NORMAL. NO OVERLIMIT WAS RECORDED. ACCESS WAS GAINED TO COLLECTIVE PITCH POTENTIOMETER. WIRING WAS INSPECTED, POTENTIOMETER CONNECTOR REMOVED, INSPECTED, CONTACT ENHANCER WAS APPLIED, AND CONNECTOR WAS REATTACHED. NO DEFECTS WERE NOTED. SECURED ACCESS, CLEARED DISCREPANCY IN LOGBOOK. PERFORMED FUNCTIONAL CHECK FLIGHT FOR 24 MIN, IN VARIOUS FLIGHT CONFIGURATIONS. NORMAL OPS WERE OBSERVED. MALFUNCTION COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED.

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