# Incident 20100804039889I: Bell 430, Venice, LA, August 4, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 4, 2010, 06:45 local time
- Place: Venice, LA
- Airport: Venice
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: AC2A
- Location: 29.2709° N, 89.3504° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.2709&lon=-89.3504&mi=10
- Aircraft: N430CM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N430CM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 430 (registry code 1182150, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-430) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 430
- People aboard: 8
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ENG10IA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG10IA045) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100804039889I

## Narrative

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

ON FIRST START OF DAY, HAD 7 PAXS LOADED FOR SP 57 CREW CHANGE, USING CHECK LIST STARTED NR 2 ENGINE, END OF START TURNED GEN ON AND BUS INTERCONNECT ON, WAS PUTTING HEADSET ON WHILE WAITING FOR GEN LOAD TO REDUCE WHEN COLLECTIVE WENT TO FULL UP POSITION, USING BOTH HANDS AND BODY WEIGHT COULD NOT MOVE IT DOWN, SHUT DOWN NR 2 AND DEPLANED PAXS, LOOKING AT A/C AFTER THE FACT APPEARS TO BE LEAKING OIL FROM SERVO, SERVOS WERE GOOD ON PREFLIGHT.  MAINTENANCE FOUND COLLECTIVE SERVO ROD BROKEN INTERNALLY.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ENG10IA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG10IA045), Aug 4, 2010: Bell 430 (N430CM), Venice, LA, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: The fracture of the collective servo actuator piston rod resulting from stress corrosion cracking.

## Other reports on N430CM (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20110129000919I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110129000919I), Jan 29, 2011: Bell 430 (N430CM), Venice, LA, Minor damage. Aircraft struck bird during climb out

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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