Service difficulty report · Rheostat · Urocop AS365N3

Difficulty date
May 20, 2010
Submitted
May 25, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N625CF
Make and model
Urocop AS365N3
Aircraft serial
6596
Part
Rheostat
Part number
2312130001
Condition
Interference
Location
Cockpit Light
Component
Light
Component part number
2312130001
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
V
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

COPILOTS SIDE SUPPLEMENTAL NVG ANTENNA MOUNTED LIGHTING ON LT SIDE OF CTR PEDESTAL, HAS A RHEOSTAT THAT COULD POSSIBLY INTERFERE WITH THE FULL TRAVEL OF THE COPILOTS CYCLIC LT TO RT IF THE TRIM RELEASE WERE DEFERRED AND THE PASSENGER OR COPILOT IN THE LT SEAT WERE IN A POSITION WHERE THEIR RT LEG WAS BETWEEN THE RHEOSTAT AND CYCLIC. REMOVED THE OPTIONAL NVG GOOSENECK LIGHT FROM THE COPILOTS SIDE LT CENTER COUNCIL, IAW STC SR01717SE, DRAWING 365-6596-012.

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