What was found
DURING DAILY INSPECTION FOUND MAIN ROTOR BLADE PITCH HORN CRACKED AT AFT LOWER TRAILING EDGE. REPLACED PITCH HORN WHICH WAS 50.58 HOURS FROM RETIREMENT.
- Difficulty date
- October 22, 2009
- Submitted
- October 23, 2009
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N14UH
- Make and model
- Bell 230
- Aircraft serial
- 23028
- Aircraft time
- 8,623 hours
- System (JASC)
- 6220 · Main Rotor Head
- Part
- Pitch Horn
- Part number
- 222012102101
- Part serial
- A237
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Main Rotor
- Part time
- 4,949 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.