Had a phone call!!

[500E]

[aeroscout]

I am curious to find out about the back story behind your picture.

[superstallion6113]

That does not look pretty. Broken main rotor pressure plate? Or whatever the nomenclature is for that part, either way, not good. Curious to hear how it broke.

Edited March 22, 2014 by superstallion6113

[500E]

It is a 300 head droop stop ring, & the answer is don't know.

Customer said it was parked for 3 months with blades tied down ??

Not in UK will have to go see later in month will report.

The only thing we can think is they only tied one blade down leaving other 2 to flap, or some one pulled blade down HARD, other damage to head & blades very posable

[superstallion6113]

I'd think that'd have to be a pretty weak part to break just from being tied down. Some droop stop pounding, wether static or dynamic, seems more likely.

[jjsemperfi]

Oh yeah, we had a droop stop break from a microburst. Blade went straight up 90 degrees.

[500E]

SS

What I said was one blade tied down other 2 left to flap,

The one tied just to stop windmill efect not expecting wind to be so strong.

Whatever caused it not a good day for owner.

[aeroscout]

The term "cheap insurance" comes up often in aviation. In this case hangaring might have been.

[fleman202]

One of the flight schools I have attended had this happen to one of the 300's. When the first student was pre-flighting for the morning he found it. Nobody knows for sure what happened, some suspected a hard landing but nobody admitted to having one.

 

The blades were not tied down at night and it was hangered. Still is kind of a mystery!

[500E]

When looked at all 3 blade socks were fitted, but the one over the Tboom was laying on ground.

There was no damage to boom or any other parts, stripped as required examined closely, fitted new part ground run, hovered for 10 min no problems went flying, as fleman said "a mistery" but disturbing looked at met for the week it is suposed to have happened, no high winds forcast either.

Was misinformed regarding tie down diferent language I misunderstood, he still speaks beter English than I do Spanish