What was found
WHILE C/W BELL A3B-407-00-35, FOUND 4 EACH BEARINGS TO BE ROUGH. SUBMITTER STATED THESE WERE NOT THE OIL COOLER BEARINGS AS REFERENCED IN AD 2000-02-12. (X)
- Difficulty date
- June 16, 2000
- Submitted
- July 31, 2000
- Operation
- General aviation
- Aircraft
- N407WH
- Make and model
- Bell 407
- Aircraft serial
- 532027
- System (JASC)
- 6510 · Tail Rotor Drive Shaft
- Part
- Bearing
- Part number
- 407340339103
- Part serial
- B963243
- Condition
- Rough
- Location
- T/R Driveshaft
- Part time
- 387 hours
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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