Service difficulty report · Inverter · Agusta A119

Difficulty date
August 21, 2016
Submitted
August 23, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N803CF
Make and model
Agusta A119
Aircraft serial
14538
Aircraft time
4,458 hours, 11,149 cycles
Engine
Pwa PT6B37A
Engine time
4,909 hours, 11,390 cycles
Part
Inverter
Part number
PC251
Part serial
13243
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Sas
Stage of operation
AA
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

ARRIVED AT SCENE WITH NO INCIDENT, SHUTDOWN, LOADED PATIENT AND DEPARTED, EN-ROUTE FOR DESTINATION, EXPERIENCED A FULL SAS FAILURE WITH BOTH SAS WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED AND OSCILLATIONS OCCURRING. ONCE THE AIRCRAFT WAS SLOWED TO THE PROPER AIRSPEED IAW EMERGENCY PROCEDURE, ATTEMPTED A RESET. SAS RESET WAS SUCCESSFUL, CALLED AIR-COMM AND ADVISED ACFT WILL BE DEVIATING TO ANOTHER AIRPORT. ARRIVED AT AIRPORT WITH NO FURTHER ISSUES AND UPON LANDING, GROUNDED THE AIRCRAFT. COULD NOT DUPLICATE SAS FAILURE AFTER SAS RESET WAS COMPLETED DURING PRIOR FLIGHT. SWAPPED NR 1 AND 2 INVERTERS PRIOR TO OPS CHECK FLIGHT, WITH NO FAULTS DETECTED.

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