A pitchlock system includes a ballscrew screw mounted along an axis of rotation of an actuator, the ballscrew screw has an internal ballscrew bore; a pitchlock nut mounted about the ballscrew screw, the pitchlock nut including an internal pitchlock nut thread; a ballscrew ballnut mounted about the ballscrew screw and axially adjacent the pitchlock nut; a pitchlock actuation rod mounted axially within the internal ballscrew bore, the pitchlock actuation rod having an internal pitchlock actuation bore and a ball bearing aperture for receiving multiple ball bearings; a pitchlock retainer pin mounted axially within the internal pitchlock actuation bore; and a belleville spring which biases the ballscrew screw towards an axially fixed surface of the actuator in a pitchlock position, the ballscrew screw being movable between an operational position and the pitchlock position.