- Difficulty date
- December 28, 2004
- Submitted
- January 10, 2005
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N617AL
- Make and model
- Bell 407
- Aircraft serial
- 53265
- Aircraft time
- 6,026 hours
- Part
- Pitch Link
- Part number
- 406310405101
- Part serial
- RXFS8824
- Condition
- Binding
- Location
- Main Rotor
- Part time
- 498 hours
- Stage of operation
- NR
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.
What was found
SEVERE BINDING AND RATCHETING. REPLACED WITH NEW BY FIELD MAINTENANCE.
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