Service difficulty report · Wire Harness · Bell 407

Difficulty date
March 20, 2026
Submitted
March 21, 2026
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N773AL
Make and model
Bell 407
Aircraft serial
53819
Aircraft time
7,146 hours
Engine
Allsn 250C47B
Part
Wire Harness
Condition
Faulted
Location
Fadec
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J, G
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

ON SHORT FINAL THE FADEC CHANNEL FAIL CAUTION LIGHT ILLUMINATED; IT WAS FOLLOWED BY THE CHECK INSTRUMENT WARNING LIGHT A SECOND LATER, THEN FINALLY THE FADEC MAINTENANCE LIGHT CAME ON FOLLOWED BY A MARRIED LOSS OF MY NR AND NP NEEDLES. MUCH LIKE A BIT TEST THEY DROPPED TO ZERO MOMENTARILY AND THEN CAME BACK TO 100%. THERE WERE NO SECONDARY INDICATIONS OF ROTOR RPM OR ENGINE RPM CHANGE. ONCE THE NR AND NP NEEDLES WERE BACK IN THE GREEN THE FADEC MAINTENANCE LIGHT EXTINGUISHED. I DID NOT PERFORM THE EMERGENCY PROCEDURE OF RESETTING THE FADEC AS I WAS ON SHORT FINAL WITH A SAFE LZ BELOW. I FELT IT MORE PRUDENT TO CONTINUE THE STABLE APPROACH. REPLACED THE HARNESS.

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