What was found
DURING INSPECTION PRIOR TO INSTALLATION, GREASE SEALS ON ROD END WERE FOUND TO HAVE DENTS AND DEFORMED FROM FACTORY BUILD-UP.
- Difficulty date
- May 22, 1998
- Submitted
- March 26, 2000
- Operation
- General aviation
- Aircraft
- N521FB
- Make and model
- Hughes 500N
- Aircraft serial
- LN001
- System (JASC)
- 6720 · Tail Rotor Control System
- Part
- Push Rod
- Part number
- 500N72301
- Condition
- Damaged
- Location
- Thruster
- 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.