What was found
BEARING CAGE CRACKED AND CAME APART DURING OPERATION. RIVETING MARKS SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN THE ORIGIN OF CRACKS FOUND IN SIMILAR FAILURES IN THE PAST. (X)
- Difficulty date
- October 5, 1999
- Submitted
- June 22, 2000
- Operation
- General aviation
- Aircraft
- N2063X
- Make and model
- Hughes 269C1
- Aircraft serial
- 0091
- Engine
- Lyc HO360C1A
- System (JASC)
- 7414 · Magneto/Distributor
- Part
- Bearing Cage
- Part number
- LW15416
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Maneto
- Part time
- 598 hours
- Component
- Magneto · Slick
- Component part number
- 4370L
- Stage of operation
- NR
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.