Service difficulty report · Tube · Urocop EC130B4

Difficulty date
June 7, 2024
Submitted
June 9, 2024
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N329AM
Make and model
Urocop EC130B4
Aircraft serial
4645
Aircraft time
4,804 hours, 15,183 cycles
Part
Tube
Condition
Interference
Location
Colletive
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

CONTROL INTERFERENCE. CYCLIC DISPLACES IN LATERAL AXIS WHEN COLECTIVE IS MOVED. PILOT WAS MOVING THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE GRASS NEXT TO THE HELIPAD TO HELIPAD. WHILE PICKING THE AIRCRAFT UP INTO A HOVER HE NOTED THAT WHILE PULLING COLLECTIVE THE CYCLIC WAS MOVING LATERALLY. HE COULD OVER COME THIS ISSUE, HOWEVER IT MADE HANDLING THE AIRCRAFT AWKWARD. WE INSPECTED THE FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM, ADJUSTED THE FRICTION ON THE COLLECTIVE AND CYCLIC SYSTEMS. DISCOVERED THE CYCLIC BALANCING SPRING NEED ADJUSTING AND ADJUSTED IT. TEST FLEW THE AIRCRAFT AND IT STILL HAD THE SAME ISSUE. WE INSPECTED THE CONTROL MORE AND NOW WE PLAN TO CHECK THE AIRCRAFT FLIGHT CONTROL RIGGING.

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