Service difficulty report · Quill · Bell 230

Difficulty date
April 30, 2001
Submitted
May 29, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N230LF
Make and model
Bell 230
Aircraft serial
23017
Part
Quill
Part number
222040022
Condition
Misoverhauled
Location
Transmission
Part time
1,555 hours
Component
Main Rotor Trans · Bell
Component part number
222040003119
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
K
Precautionary procedure
K

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

EXCESSIVE OIL LEAKAGE, PAST CORK PN 120-179-13A. IN INNER QUILL ASSEMBLY OF OUTBOARD QUILL. CORK INSTALLED INCORRECTLY BY OVERHAUL FACILITY. RIGHT HAD OUTBOARD QUILL PN 222-040-022-108 OF SAME TRANSMISSION, HAD SAME PROBLEM AT THE SAME TIME.

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