Service difficulty report · Display · Bell 429

Difficulty date
June 3, 2016
Submitted
June 6, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N6823L
Make and model
Bell 429
Aircraft serial
57242
Aircraft time
51 hours, 170 cycles
Part
Display
Part number
429375011107
Part serial
14090552
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Cockpit
Part time
51 hours, 170 cycles
Stage of operation
UK
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING REFUELING, THE PILOT TURNED ON THE ACFT BATTERY & THE PILOT'S MAIN DISPLAY UNIT DID NOT COME ON. SHUTDOWN POWER & INITIATED THE SEQUENCE AGAIN AFTER WAITING 1 MINUTE WITH THE SAME RESULT. HE THEN SHUT DOWN POWER & CALL MX. MX ARRIVED TO TROUBLESHOOT THE PROBLEM. DETERMINED TO BE A BAD DISPLAY UNIT. THE SYS WAS DEFERRED, CAT A - ONE TIME FLIGHT TO MX. THIS ACFT CURRENTLY REMAINS OOS AT THE TIME OF THIS SUBMISSION AWAITING A SERVICEABLE DISPLAY UNIT.

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