Service difficulty report · None · Bell 204B

Difficulty date
August 15, 2022
Submitted
August 22, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N529AM
Make and model
Bell 204B
Aircraft serial
57375
Aircraft time
959 hours, 2,587 cycles
Part
None
Part number
E08500754500M
Condition
None
Location
Under Cp Floor
Part time
959 hours
Component
Controls, Main · Bell · 429
Component part number
429001001101
Stage of operation
AA
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FOR SDR QMLA2022081920055 AC WAS EXPERIENCING UN-COMMANDED "ROLL" INPUTS WITH AP1 SHOWING "DEGRADED" AND AP2 NORMAL OPERATION. THE FLIGHT SYSTEMS PAGE SHOWED ROLL COMMAND INPUTS-UP SLIGHTLY AND THEN DOWN SLIGHTLY THAT CORRESPONDED WITH CYCLIC MOVEMENT. CURRENTLY AUTO PILOT SYSTEM MEL'D AND CURRENT TROUBLESHOOTING SO FAR HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO CONFIRM AND PINPOINT AUTO PILOT AND OR FLIGHT DIRECTOR ISSUE. CONFIRMED FLIGHT CONTROL RIGGING MIN FRICTION CHECKS AND FOUND WITH IN PUBLISHED LIMITS. BALANCE SPRING FOR COLLECTIVE WAS LOWERED TO EQUALIZE FORCES OF COLLECTIVE MIN FRICTION FORCE IN BOTH DIRECTIONS (UP & DOWN), NO FURTHER AP ISSUES NOTED.

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