What was found
(CAN) DURING SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE, THE T/R SWASHPLATE FELT ROUGH AND NOISY. BEARING CAN BE HEARD RATTLING IN CAGE. THERE DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE ANY LOSS OF LUBRICANT.
- Difficulty date
- May 22, 1997
- Submitted
- April 14, 2000
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Make and model
- Hughes 369D
- Aircraft time
- 7,856 hours
- Engine
- Allsn 250C20B
- System (JASC)
- 6720 · Tail Rotor Control System
- Part
- Swashplate
- Condition
- Noisy
- Location
- Tail Rotor
- Component
- T/R Swashplate · 369D21800501
- 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.