Service difficulty report · Actuator · Urocop EC135T2

Difficulty date
December 7, 2011
Submitted
December 13, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N986LF
Make and model
Urocop EC135T2
Aircraft serial
0385
Aircraft time
3,023 hours, 10,438 cycles
Part
Actuator
Part number
41800876800
Condition
Intermittent
Location
Yaw
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
E
Precautionary procedure
L

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

What was found

DURING AN APPROACH, PILOT NOTICED THAT THE ACFT STARTED TO YAW KICK/TAIL WAG THAT INCREASED IN FREQUENCY AS THE AIRSPEED DECREASED AND THE POWER WAS INCREASED. THE YAW SAS WAS CURRENTLY MEL'D ON THE ACFT AT THE TIME OF THIS OCCURANCE. THE APPROACH WAS ABORTED AND THE PILOT PROCEEDED AND DID A MINIMUM POWERED SHALLOW APPROACH TO A HOVER ABOVE THE RUNWAY. THE YAW KICK/TAIL WAG DID NOT OCCUR AGAIN DURING THIS APPROACH. THE ACFT WAS SHUTDOWN. ACFT WAS INSPECTED, AND A GROUND RUN WAS CONDUCTED. THE YAW SAS DID RECOUPLE DURING THE ENGINE START PART OF THE CHECKLIST. THE CONDITION COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. THE ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE WITH THE CURRENT YAW AS DEFERRAL.

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