What was found
DURING EXTREME COLD WEATHER, SWASHPLATE UNIBALL SEIZED ON M/R DRIVESHAFT CAUSING STIFF COLLECTIVE FORCES.
- Difficulty date
- March 4, 2019
- Submitted
- February 19, 2020
- Operation
- General aviation
- Aircraft
- N557CP
- Make and model
- Hughes 369FF
- Aircraft serial
- 0717FF
- Engine
- Allsn 250C30
- System (JASC)
- 6230 · Main Rotor Mast/Swashplate
- Part
- Bearing
- Part number
- 369A70033
- Part serial
- 7604F194
- Condition
- Seized
- Location
- M/R Swashplate
- Component
- Swashplate · Hughes
- 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.