What was found
PILOT FOUND UPPER ROD END BEARING LOOSE, WITHIN SERVO HOUSING. ON FURTHER INVESTIGATION, FOUND THREADS IN SERVO BODY WORN BEYOND LIMITS. COULD HAVE CAUSED A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE.
- Difficulty date
- September 12, 2011
- Submitted
- September 23, 2011
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N138PH
- Make and model
- Urocop EC130B4
- Aircraft serial
- 3790
- Engine
- Tmeca ARRIEL2B1
- System (JASC)
- 6730 · Rotorcraft Servo System
- Part
- Servo
- Part number
- SC8042
- Part serial
- 833
- Condition
- Worn
- Location
- Flight Control
- Part time
- 9,573 hours, 2,264 cycles
- 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.