What was found
ELECTRO VALVE ON RUN-UP FAILED, TAIL ROTOR PEDALS VERY STIFF. REPLACED WITH NEW UNIT, CORRECTED PROBLEM.
- Difficulty date
- January 27, 2002
- Submitted
- May 20, 2002
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N3593X
- Make and model
- Snias AS350B
- Aircraft serial
- 1081
- Engine
- Tmeca ARRIEL1
- System (JASC)
- 6730 · Rotorcraft Servo System
- Part
- Valve
- Part number
- 161847
- Condition
- Inoperative
- Location
- Tail Rotor
- Part time
- 9,762 hours
- Stage of operation
- NR
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- F
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.