What was found
COLLECTIVE MOVEMENT WAS NOT SMOOTH. A RATCHETY FEELING IN THE COLLECTIVE LEVER. SERVO'S WERE SWAPPED TO THE CYCLIC CONTROLS. PROBLEM FOLLOWED THE SERVO.
- Difficulty date
- August 6, 2013
- Submitted
- August 7, 2013
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N637AL
- Make and model
- Bell 407
- Aircraft serial
- 53293
- Aircraft time
- 7,230 hours
- System (JASC)
- 6730 · Rotorcraft Servo System
- Part
- Servo
- Part number
- 206076062107V
- Part serial
- HR747
- Condition
- Ratcheting
- Location
- Collective
- Part time
- 17,435 hours
- Stage of operation
- DE
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- F
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.