Service difficulty report · Gearbox · Hughes 369D

Difficulty date
September 19, 2006
Submitted
September 26, 2006
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N511SB
Make and model
Hughes 369D
Aircraft serial
1090592D
Engine
Allsn 250C20B
Part
Gearbox
Part number
6894171
Condition
Making Metal
Location
Engine
Part time
12,617 hours
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

FOUND PTO , PTO BALL BEARING AND TORQUEMETER SPALLED. FOUND CHIPS ON CHIP PLUGS. DISASSEMBLED GEAR BOX AND FOUND PTO GEAR, TORQUEMETER GEAR AND PTO BALL BEARING SPALLED. REPLACED GEARBOX. (K)