Service difficulty report · Actuator · Bolkms BK117C2

Difficulty date
August 25, 2021
Submitted
August 25, 2021
Operation
General aviation
Filed by
QR9R369D
M1 Support Services
Make and model
Bolkms BK117C2
Aircraft serial
06720049107
Aircraft time
3,052 hours
Part
Actuator
Part number
41800876400
Part serial
MC4272
Condition
Faulted
Location
Autopilot
Part time
941 hours
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

DURING FLIGHT, ACTUATOR CAUTION ON CAD WITH AMBER Y ON PFD. DURING MULTIPLE AP TEST ATTEMPTS, THE AP TEST WOULD NOT FINISH AND YIELD AN "AP TEST OK". INSTEAD, THE AP2 AND ACTUATOR WOULD APPEAR ON THE CAD ALONG WITH DFACTO XXXXX2 APPEARING ON THE SYSTEM STATUS PAGE. OCCASIONALLY, THE AP TEST WOULD YIELD A YAW SAS AND BACKUP SAS MESSAGE ON THE CAD. OCCASIONALLY, "ACTUATOR" WOULD APPEAR ON THE CAD AND ARINC XCROSS ON THE SYSTEM STATUS PAGE WITH A FAILED AP TEST. THERE WOULD BE AN OCCASIONAL AP TEST OK. ACTUATOR WAS REPLACED; TEST FLIGHT COMPLETED IAW 05-60-00, 6-1.