SDR 99ZZZX4701

Service difficulty report · Cables · Hughes 500N

Difficulty date
October 25, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N904PD
Make and model
Hughes 500N
Aircraft serial
LN032
Part
Cables
Part number
500N7201
Condition
Fractured
Location
Main Rotor
Part time
4 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.

What was found

DURING POST-CRASH EXAMINATION OF THE ANTI-TORQUE CONTROL SYSTEM, FRACTURES WERE FOUND OF THE PUSH/PULL TYPE THRUSTER CONTROL CABLES P/N 500N7201-5 AND -37. THE FORWARD CABLE FRACTURED AT THE SWIVEL BALL JOINT ALLOWING THE HOUSING TO SEPARATE BY 2.95 INCHES. RIGHT PEDAL INPUT CAUSED BOWING OF THE INTERNAL CABLE/WIRE AND NO THRUSTER DIRECTION CHANGE. SB AND AD TO BE ISSUED.