SDR QMLA2021090720044

Service difficulty report · Connector · Bell 407

Difficulty date: September 4, 2021
Submitted: September 7, 2021
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N911AL
Make and model: Bell 407
Aircraft serial: 53144
Aircraft time: 10,928 hours
System (JASC): 3197 · Instrument System Wiring
Part: Connector
Condition: Disconnected
Location: Control Panel
Stage of operation: AA
How discovered: O
Nature of condition: J
Precautionary procedure: A

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

What was found

ACSN 51344 N911AL REPORTED LANDING ON FT MCDOWELL GOLF COURSE DUE TO MAIN TRANSMISSION CHIP LIGHT AND A COMMUNICATION ISSUE. INSPECTED AND CLEANED CHIP DETECTORS, PERFORMED PENALTY GROUND RUN. ONCE CHIP LIGHT ISSUE WAS RESOLVED, TROUBLESHOT COMMUNICATION ISSUE. FOUND DISCONNECTED UPPER CONNECTOR ON PILOTS AUDIO CONTROL PANEL. RECONNECTED, PERFORMED COMM CHECK, CHECK WAS GOOD.

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