# Incident 20080208842499I: Doug MD900, Gilroy, CA, February 8, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 8, 2008, 20:00 local time
- Place: Gilroy, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Prw On Run Landing (Rotorcraft
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: STRA
- Location: 37.0064° N, 121.5853° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gilroy, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.0064&lon=-121.5853&mi=10
- Aircraft: N902RN, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N902RN-2012-12-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: MD Helicopters MD 900 (registry code 3030004, https://openairdocs.org/model/md-helicopters-md-900) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PW207E (registry code 52161, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw207e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG MD900
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,500 total, 30 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080208842499I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) IN A STATEMENT DATED 08/03/2008, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATES: AFTER DEPARTING A RENDEZOUS LANDING AREA AT 75 PERCENT TRANSMISSION TORQUE IN LEVEL FLIGHT HE NOTICED THAT ABOUT 2 INCHES LEFT PEDAL WAS REQUIRED TO MANTAIN THE AIRCRAFT IN TRIM.  DURING THE ENROUTE PHASE OF LFIGHT HE STATES THE LEFT VCSC POSITION INDICATOR REMAINED ON THE FAR LEFT SIDE AND THE RIGHT INDICATOR WAS NEUTRAL TO SLIGHTLY LEFT.  DURING THE APPROACH THE LEFT VSCS INDICATOR REMAINDED ON THE LEFT AND THE RIGHT INDICATOR WENT BETWEEN NEUTRAL TO HALF RIGHT.  THE FLIGHT WAS FLOWN ENTIRELY IN SAS MODE.  DURING POST FLIGHT HE NOTICED THE LEFT VERTICAL STABILIZER MOVED FREELY.  THE MECHANIC ARRIVED THE NEXT MORNING AND FOUND THE TUB ASSEMBLY ADAPTER BETWEEN THE LH VSCS DAMPER ACTUATOR AND THE CONTROL ROD ASSEMBLY SHEARED.  BLOCK 5, NTSB# WAS LOGGED AS AN "INCIDENT" BY NTSB.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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