What was found
ON DAILY POST FLIGHT INSPECTION, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT ONE OF THE ROTATING SCISSORS WAS NOT CONNECTED TO THE SWASHPLATE. BEARING HAD COME OUT OF THE RACE.
- Difficulty date
- February 17, 2014
- Submitted
- February 20, 2014
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N639NA
- Make and model
- Agusta AW139
- Aircraft serial
- 41326
- Aircraft time
- 626 hours
- System (JASC)
- 6230 · Main Rotor Mast/Swashplate
- Part
- Bearing
- Condition
- Dislodged
- Location
- Swashplate
- Part time
- 143 hours
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.