 PRIVATE TROY HOYT
Private Hoyt, while under supervision of Corporal Thornhill, was conducting a routine airframe “A Check” on a CH-124 Sea King . While inspecting the tail rotor, Private Hoyt pointed out what appeared to be a crack in one of the tail rotor blades. Private Hoyt retrieved a maintenance ladder in order to further investigate the suspect blade. As it turned out, there was a crack, 3 to 4 inches long, through the blade. A subsequent Special Inspection and Senior Aircraft Maintenance Authority (S AMA) Alert were issued.
The initiative and attention to detail displayed by Private Hoyt prevented a situation that could easily have led to the catastrophic failure of a major dynamic component. The loss of a tail rotor blade in flight would result in a loss of controllability and would have certainly resulted in an aircraft accident.
Private Hoyt serves with 12 Air Maintenance Squadron, 12 Wing Shearwater.
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