While preflighting the transition section on Crusader 06, AWS3 Brandon Coan recognized that the guide pins for the tail-rotor pulley assembly were not fully seated in the pinholes. He promptly brought this discrepancy to the attention of the aircraft commander and maintenance control. A quality-assurance representative determined this was a downing discrepancy and corrective action was performed. Misaligned tail-rotor cables could have resulted in a loss of tail-rotor control during flight.
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