What was found
FAILURE OF THE AFT COUPLING. FRACTURE OF COUPLING. SEE ENGINEERED PRODUCTS 8130-3 WORK ORDER # MDI1167 DATED MARCH 20, 2018 FOR PART DETAIL.
- Difficulty date
- September 6, 2019
- Submitted
- September 6, 2019
- Operation
- General aviation
- Aircraft
- N54528
- Make and model
- Hughes 369D
- Aircraft serial
- 390464D
- Aircraft time
- 5,031 hours, 4,698 cycles
- Engine
- Allsn 250C20B
- Engine time
- 7,960 hours, 4,698 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 6510 · Tail Rotor Drive Shaft
- Part
- Coupling
- Part number
- E369D255019
- Part serial
- KAM2158
- Condition
- Broken
- Location
- Tail Rotor
- Part time
- 58 hours, 141 cycles
- Stage of operation
- TO
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- A
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.