- Difficulty date
- December 4, 2006
- Submitted
- December 11, 2006
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N89SM
- Make and model
- Aerosp AS365N2
- Aircraft serial
- 6425
- Aircraft time
- 9,115 hours, 23,843 cycles
- Engine
- Tmeca ARRIEL1
- Part
- Servo
- Part number
- 7282
- Part serial
- 380
- Condition
- Bypassing
- Location
- Tail Rotor
- Stage of operation
- TX
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- F
- Precautionary procedure
- E
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.
What was found
DURING START UP, AS HYDRAULIC PRESSURE INCREASED THE TAIL ROTOR SERVO WENT HARD OVER TO THE LEFT.
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