What was found
WHILE PERFORMING PREFLIGHT OF THE AIRCRAFT FOUND BOTH CYCLIC TUBES TO HAVE THEIR FIXED AND NON ADJUSTABLE CLEVISES TO BE ROTATING WITHIN THE TUBES.
- Difficulty date
- May 17, 2017
- Submitted
- May 17, 2017
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N479AE
- Make and model
- Bell 206L4
- Aircraft serial
- 52479
- Aircraft time
- 451 hours, 1,104 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 6710 · Main Rotor Control
- Part
- Tube
- Part number
- 206001193001
- Part serial
- US1214
- Condition
- Damaged
- Location
- Main Rotor
- Part time
- 451 hours, 1,104 cycles
- 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.