Service difficulty report · Uniball · Hughes 369D

Difficulty date
January 29, 2019
Submitted
January 29, 2019
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N502MM
Make and model
Hughes 369D
Aircraft serial
1170229D
Aircraft time
3,958 hours
Part
Uniball
Part number
E369A7013REVA
Part serial
KAM30056
Condition
Defective
Location
Swashplate
Part time
93 hours
Component
Swashplate
Component part number
369D27609501
Stage of operation
UK
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
E

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

HELICOPTER LEFT A WARM HANGER ON A COLD MORNING , FLEW OUT TO JOBSITE, SAT FOR ABOUT 30 MINS IN 11 DEGREES F WEATHER, AND COLLECTIVE WOULD NOT GO UP FROM BOTTOM OF TRAVEL STOP. HEAT WAS APPLIED TO THE UNI-BALL PART OF SWASHPLATE AND COLLECTIVE WOULD OPERATE AS BEFORE. SO IT WAS DETERMINED THAT ID OF UNI-BALL MUST BE UNDERSIZE AND THE COLD TEMPS CAUSED IT TO SHRINK SLIGHTLY ONTO MAST.