SDR RMXA308852

Service difficulty report · Potentiometer · Snias AS350B3

Difficulty date
March 6, 2011
Submitted
March 10, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N497AE
Make and model
Snias AS350B3
Aircraft serial
3686
Aircraft time
3,218 hours
Engine
Tmeca ARRIEL2B
Engine time
3,902 hours
Part
Potentiometer
Part number
116SF2C502W253
Condition
Intermittent
Location
Collective
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

ACFT INDICATED AN AMBER GOV LIGHT IN FLIGHT, WITH NO ENGINE, MAIN ROTOR, OR TAIL ROTOR FLUCTUATIONS IN FLIGHT. TECH RETRIEVED AN INTERMITTENT FAILURE CODE 122 FOR THE COLLECTIVE POTENTIOMETER. WHEN THE ACFT WAS POWERED BACK UP AFTER LANDING THE AMBER GOV LIGHT EXTINGUISHED AND NO FURTHER CODES DETECTED. CHECKED RIGGING AND OPERATION OF COLLECTIVE POTENTIOMETER IAW MET 76.00.00.502 SECTION 5.4 WITH NO FAULT FOUND. CONTACTED MFG TECH REPRESENTATIVE TO VERIFY FAILURE AND IT WAS NOTED THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL OCCURRENCES WITH THIS FAILURE OUT IN THE FIELD. ACFT PERFORMED A GROUND RUN AND OPS CHECK FLIGHT WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED, AND RTS.