What was found
PILOT COMPLAINED THAT FORE/AFT CYCLIC WAS A 'LITTLE NOTCHEY'. SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION FOUND THE UNIBAL LINER IN THE OUTER RACE WAS CONTAMINATED WITH GREASE OR OIL AND WAS ROUGH. REPLACED SWASHPLATE AND SENT THE OTHER IN FOR OVERHAUL.
- Difficulty date
- December 16, 1995
- Submitted
- March 26, 2000
- Operation
- General aviation
- Aircraft
- N5074R
- Make and model
- Hughes 369D
- Aircraft serial
- 1151D
- System (JASC)
- 6230 · Main Rotor Mast/Swashplate
- Part
- Swashplate
- Part number
- 369D27609501
- Condition
- Defective
- Location
- M/R
- Part time
- 3,945 hours
- Stage of operation
- IN
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.