SDR HEEA107334

Service difficulty report · Blade · Bell 206L1

Difficulty date
June 12, 2005
Submitted
December 28, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N5000K
Make and model
Bell 206L1
Aircraft serial
45167
Aircraft time
22,021 hours
Part
Blade
Part number
206015001115
Part serial
A4703
Condition
Peeling
Location
Main Rotor
Part time
1,762 hours
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E
Precautionary procedure
A

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

AT CRUISE SPEED AT 105 KTS, PILOT FELT SOMETHING IN CONTROLS AND AIRCRAFT STARTED SHAKING UP AND DOWN SEVERLY. PILOT IMMEDIATELY LOWERED COLLECTIVE AND REDUCED AIRSPEED. THE AMOUNT OF SHAKING SUBSIDED WITH THE CHANGE IN AIRSPEED. AIRCRAFT WAS FLYABLE WITH VERTICAL VIBRATION. PILOT RETURNED AND LANDED AND PERFORMED EMERGENCY SHUTDOWN. UPON POSTFLIGHT INSPECTION IT WAS DETERMINED THAT AN OUTSIDE TRIM TAB LOWER BONDING HAD PEELED AWAY FROM BLADE. NO DAMAGE ELSEWHERE. REPLACED MAIN ROTOR BLADE.

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