What was found
FOUND AN AREA ON THE T/R PEDAL TORQUE TUBE THAT WAS DRESSED OUT WAY BEYOND LIMITS NEARLY HALF THE WALL THICKNESS AND THE AREA NOTED COULD NOT BE SEEN CLEARLY UNTILL IT WAS DISASSEMBLED. REPLACED TUBE.
- Difficulty date
- November 16, 2004
- Submitted
- December 21, 2004
- Operation
- General aviation
- Make and model
- Hughes 369D
- Aircraft serial
- 611010D
- Aircraft time
- 13,752 hours
- System (JASC)
- 6720 · Tail Rotor Control System
- Part
- Torque Tube
- Part number
- 369H753113
- Condition
- Out Of Limits
- Location
- T/R Pedal
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.