What was found
THE LINEAR ACTUATOR OPERATED FOR APPROXIMATELY 3 MONTHS BEFORE FAILING. CAUSE OF THE FAILURE IS UNKNOWN. PART RETURNED TO PRECISION HELIPARTS FOR EVALUATION.
- Difficulty date
- December 6, 2001
- Submitted
- December 11, 2001
- Operation
- General aviation
- Aircraft
- N142DP
- Make and model
- Bell 206L1
- Aircraft serial
- 45585
- Aircraft time
- 5,094 hours
- System (JASC)
- 6710 · Main Rotor Control
- Part
- Actuator
- Part number
- 206062721103
- Part serial
- 255
- Condition
- Seized
- Location
- Main Rotor
- Part time
- 386 hours
- Stage of operation
- NR
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.