Service difficulty report · Warning System · Bell 407

Difficulty date
June 2, 2014
Submitted
June 6, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N434AM
Make and model
Bell 407
Aircraft serial
54407
Aircraft time
148 hours, 446 cycles
Engine
Allsn 250C47B
Engine time
8,532 hours, 19,689 cycles
Part
Warning System
Condition
False Activation
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

THE PILOT REPORTED THAT DURING CRUISE FLIGHT THE MGT MISCOMP LIGHT ILLUMINATED. ABORTED THE FLIGHT & RETURNED TO BASE. FOUND NO FAULTS WITH THE PREVIOUS REPAIR THAT WAS REPORTED UNDER SDR QMLA2014053014060 FOR THIS SAME TYPE OF EVENT. AFTER A THOROUGH INSPECTION OF THE SYS THAT CONCLUDED WITH NO FAULTS FOUND, THE HMU CONNECTOR WAS DISCONNECTED, CLEANED & RE-INSTALLED. THIS ACFT HAS SINCE BEEN RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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