# SDR 2022F00337

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: August 29, 2022
- Submitted: September 1, 2022
- Operation: General aviation
- Aircraft: [N152PH](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N152PH), registered now
- Make and model: Agusta AW139
- Registry model: [Agusta AW139](https://openairdocs.org/model/agustawestland-philadelphia-aw139) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: 41316
- Aircraft time: 8,412 hours, 12,799 cycles
- System (JASC): [6420 · Tail Rotor Head](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/6420)
- Part: Damper
- Part number: 3G6420V00455
- Part serial: LK17918
- Condition: Departed
- Location: Tail Rotor
- Part time: 1,518 hours
- Stage of operation: LD
- How discovered: O
- Nature of condition: E
- Precautionary procedure: K
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2022F00337

## Discrepancy

ON A NORMAL APPROACH TO THE H AT THE NORTH RAMP, AT ABOUT 150 AGL, WE SUDDENLY FELT A STRONG VIBRATION. WE PROCEEDED TO LAND AND SHUT DOWN ON THE H (NO TAXI). POST FLIGHT REVEALED THAT ONE TAIL ROTOR DAMPER DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT.

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