Service difficulty report · Yoke · Bell 47G3B2

Difficulty date
February 10, 2009
Submitted
February 11, 2009
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Bell 47G3B2
Aircraft serial
6801
Part
Yoke
Part number
471201771
Part serial
CT207
Condition
Wrong Part
Location
Main Rotor
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

PART WAS TO REPLACE ANOTHER PART NOW IDENTIFIED AS A SUSPECTED UNAPPROVED PART (SUP). SERIAL NUMBER CT-207 DOES NOT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF AN APPROVED PART: INCOMPLETE PAPERWORK, IDENTIFICATION MARKINGS, AND QUESTIONABLE INDICATION OF MANUFACTURE HISTORY. THE FSDO CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER SUSPECTED UNAPPROVED PARTS DIVISION AND COULD NOT ESTABLISH THAT CT-207 IS A PART MANUFACTURED BY THEM.

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