What was found
DURING A FLIGHT THE PILOT EXPERIENCED EXCESSIVE VIBRATION. THE PILOT MADE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING & NOTIFIED MX. MX DISCOVERED THE PITCH HORN ON THE OTBD TAIL ROTOR BLADE WAS BROKEN OFF.
- Difficulty date
- May 1, 2015
- Submitted
- May 7, 2015
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N369MH
- Make and model
- Hughes 369D
- Aircraft serial
- 380287D
- Aircraft time
- 9,958 hours, 9,836 cycles
- Engine
- Allsn 250C20B
- Engine time
- 13,696 hours, 6,562 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 6410 · Tail Rotor Blades
- Part
- Tail Rotor
- Part number
- 369D2161513
- Part serial
- 1074
- Condition
- Broken
- Location
- Tail
- Part time
- 3,100 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.