What was found
WHILE PERFORMING SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE, CRACKS WERE FOUND IN THE SAS LONGITUDINAL CONTROL ROD. THE CRACKS EXTEND TO THE RIVET HOLES.
- Difficulty date
- November 13, 2017
- Submitted
- November 28, 2017
- Operation
- General aviation
- Filed by
- HDNR610E
Metro Aviation, Inc - Aircraft
- N444YE
- Make and model
- Urocop EC135P2
- Aircraft serial
- 0599
- Aircraft time
- 2,275 hours, 4,605 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 6710 · Main Rotor Control
- Part
- Control Rod
- Part number
- L221M1040101
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Zone 200
- Part time
- 2,275 hours, 4,605 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.