What was found
STARTING TO SEE A TREND OF NUMEROUS PITCH HORNS WITH CORROSION PROBLEMS, IN BARREL NUT BORE.
- Difficulty date
- December 24, 2002
- Submitted
- January 6, 2003
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N577AL
- Make and model
- Bell 407
- Aircraft serial
- 53247
- Aircraft time
- 5,236 hours
- System (JASC)
- 6420 · Tail Rotor Head
- Part
- Pitch Horn
- Part number
- 406012108107
- Part serial
- AFS2063
- Condition
- Corroded
- Location
- Tail Rotor Head
- 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.