# SDR CA130405009

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: April 5, 2013
- Submitted: September 14, 2015
- Operation: General aviation
- Make and model: Hughes 369D
- Aircraft time: 12,876 hours
- Engine: Allsn 250C20B
- System (JASC): [6520 · Tail Rotor Gearbox](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/6520)
- Part: Swashplate
- Part number: 369D2180111
- Condition: Cracked
- Location: Tail Rotor
- Part time: 2,169 hours
- Stage of operation: IN
- How discovered: 9
- Nature of condition: O
- Precautionary procedure: K
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/CA130405009

## Discrepancy

(CAN) T/R SWASHPLATE REMOVED FROM ACFT FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE.  DURING INSPECTION, NUMEROUS ROTATING SWASHPLATE DRIVE SPLINES WERE FOUND TO BE CRACKED AND SOME WERE BROKEN AWAY.

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