# SDR AU990761

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: August 4, 1999
- Submitted: March 26, 2000
- Operation: General aviation
- Make and model: Skrsky S76A
- Engine: Tmeca ARRIEL1S
- System (JASC): [6710 · Main Rotor Control](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/6710)
- Part: Cyclic Stick
- Condition: Jammed
- Location: M/R Control
- Stage of operation: NR
- Nature of condition: O
- Precautionary procedure: O
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/AU990761

## Discrepancy

(AUS) CYCLIC CONTROL STICK JAMMED BY FOD.  INVESTIGATION FOUND THAT A SCREW BECAME TRAPPED BETWEEN THE CYCLIC TORQUE TUBE FITTING AND THE TORQUE TUBE SUPPORT BRACKET PREVENTING FULL AFT CYCLIC MOVEMENT.  THE ORIGIN OF THE SCREW COULD NOT BE CONFIRMED.

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