# SDR QMLA2022101920071

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: October 15, 2022
- Submitted: October 19, 2022
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N496LG](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N496LG), registered now
- Make and model: Snias AS350B3
- Aircraft serial: 8582
- Aircraft time: 1,455 hours, 4,137 cycles
- System (JASC): [2910 · Hydraulic System, Main](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/2910)
- Part: Control Servo
- Part number: SC8043
- Part serial: 2078
- Condition: Leaking
- Location: Shaft
- Part time: 1,455 hours, 4,137 cycles
- Stage of operation: NR
- How discovered: V
- Nature of condition: K
- Precautionary procedure: K
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/QMLA2022101920071

## Discrepancy

SIGNIFICANT QUANTITY OF HYDRAULIC FLUID FOUND LEAKING FROM RH HYDRAULIC SERVO.  APPARENTLY LEAKING AT SHAFT SEAL.  THERE WAS NOT, HOWEVER, A NOTABLE DROP IN FLUID LEVEL ON THE HYDRAULIC RESERVOIR SIGHT GLASS.

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