What was found
PILOT REPORTED VIBRATION TO MECHANIC. MECHANIC INVESTIGATED AND FOUND PLAY IN RED LOWER PITCH CHANGE LINK CLEVIS. UPON DISASSY, MECHANIC FOUND BOLT AND CLEVIS SEVERLY DAMAGED. MECHANIC R & R BOLT AND CLEVIS.
- Difficulty date
- September 30, 2010
- Submitted
- October 4, 2010
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N281AE
- Make and model
- Bell 206L3
- Aircraft serial
- 51451
- Aircraft time
- 11,543 hours, 43,357 cycles
- Engine
- Allsn 250C30
- System (JASC)
- 6700 · Rotorcraft Flight Control
- Part
- Clevis Bolt
- Part number
- 20057518D
- Condition
- Damaged
- Location
- P/C Link
- Component
- Pitch Cntrl Lin · Bell
- Component part number
- 206010360005
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- E
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.