SDR 97ZZZX3449

Service difficulty report · Cover Assy · Hughes 269C

Difficulty date
July 10, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N61458
Make and model
Hughes 269C
Aircraft serial
0008
Part
Cover Assy
Part number
269A40661
Condition
Jammed Throttle
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
CR
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

FLIGHT AFTER ANNUAL INSP FOR M/R TRACK AND BALANCE, THROTTLE STUCK FULL ON IN CRUISE FLT NOT ALLOWING REDUCTION IN POWER WITHOUT OVERSPEED OF ENG AND ROTOR. CAUSE FOUND IN-FLIGHT AND CORRECTED. BETWEEN PILOT'S AND COPILOT'S SEAT IS A VERTICAL PANEL THAT WHEN INSTALLED, THE LIP THAT SHOULD TUCK IN NEXT TO THE PILOT'S SEAT GOT TUCKED BACK INTO THE FLT CONTROL AREA (ON OPPOSITE SIDE OF VERT RIB GUARD). FREE THROTTLE MOVEMENT WAS STILL ALLOWED IN BOTH DIRECTIONS UNTIL FULL THROTTLE ACHIEVED. AT THIS TIME, LIP OF PANEL KEPT THROTTLE BELLCRANK FROM ROTATING IN THE OFF DIRECTION. AREA OF CONTACT IS THE PANEL-TO-BELLCRANK/OVERTRAVEL SPRING ASSY. THIS WAS CORRECTED AND ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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