What was found
DURING ROUTINE INSPECTION 1 OF 3 FREQUENCY ADAPTERS FOUND TO HAVE A CRACK IN THE ELASTOMER NEARING ITS MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE LIMITATION OF 10MM. A NEW KIT OF 3 MATCHED ADAPTERS WERE INSTALLED.
- Difficulty date
- November 17, 2008
- Submitted
- January 16, 2009
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N810MH
- Make and model
- Urocop EC130B4
- Aircraft serial
- 3949
- Engine
- Tmeca ARRIEL2B1
- System (JASC)
- 6220 · Main Rotor Head
- Part
- Freq Adapter
- Part number
- 704A33640088
- Part serial
- 11704
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Main Rotor Hub
- Part time
- 1,749 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.