What was found
DURING THE PERFORMANCE OF A DAILY AIRWORTHINESS CHECK THE MAIN ROTOR SWASHPLATE SUPPORT WAS FOUND CRACKED. CRACKS ARE NOT ALLOWED ON THIS COMPONENT.
- Difficulty date
- February 21, 2023
- Submitted
- February 22, 2023
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N117CH
- Make and model
- Bolkms BK117B1
- Aircraft serial
- 7123
- Aircraft time
- 15,264 hours, 57,976 cycles
- Engine
- Lyc LTS101750B1
- Engine time
- 11,077 hours, 30,331 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 6300 · Main Rotor Drive System
- Part
- Swashplate
- Part number
- 4839305088
- Part serial
- NONE
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Zone 200
- Part time
- 1,809 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.