What was found
WHILE PERFORMING INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT, FOUND ONE CYCLIC TUBE TO HAVE THE FIXEDAND NON ADJUSTABLE CLEVIS ON THE TRANSMISSION BELLCRANK END OF THE CONTROL TUBE TO BE ROTATING WITHIN THE TUBE.
- Difficulty date
- May 30, 2017
- Submitted
- May 31, 2017
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N269AE
- Make and model
- Bell 206L3
- Aircraft serial
- 51530
- Aircraft time
- 24,259 hours, 67,679 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 6710 · Main Rotor Control
- Part
- Tube
- Part number
- 206001193001
- Part serial
- US1058
- Condition
- Damaged
- Location
- Cyclic
- Part time
- 782 hours
- 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.