What was found
WHILE PERFORMING A PREFLIGHT INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT FOUND COLLECTIVE CONTROL TUBE TO HAVE ONE OF ITS FIXED AND NONADJUSTABLE CLEVISES TO BE ROTATING WITHIN THE TUBE.
- Difficulty date
- May 17, 2017
- Submitted
- May 19, 2017
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N469AE
- Make and model
- Bell 206L4
- Aircraft serial
- 52480
- Aircraft time
- 571 hours, 1,757 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 6710 · Main Rotor Control
- Part
- Control Tube
- Part number
- 206001192001
- Part serial
- US93
- Condition
- Abnormal
- Part time
- 571 hours, 1,757 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.