- Difficulty date
- December 16, 2002
- Submitted
- January 6, 2003
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N972AE
- Make and model
- Aerosp AS355*
- Aircraft serial
- 3234
- Aircraft time
- 1,165 hours
- Part
- Blade
- Part number
- 355A11003002
- Part serial
- 23398
- Condition
- Overspeed
- Location
- Main Rotor
- Part time
- 140 hours
- Stage of operation
- NR
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.
What was found
MAIN ROTOR BLADE OVERSPEED TO 500 RPM.