Service difficulty report · Spring · Bell 407

Difficulty date
April 20, 2026
Submitted
April 21, 2026
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N369PA
Make and model
Bell 407
Aircraft serial
53015
Aircraft time
2,082 hours, 4,351 cycles
Part
Spring
Part number
407001331103
Condition
Overtorqued
Location
Cyclic Controls
Part time
2,082 hours
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

DURING CLIMBOUT, LOUD BRIEF BUZZING NOISE HEARD. CREW STARTED SMELLING A CHARRING SMELL. CHARRING SMELL INCREASED WHILE ON THE GROUND. MAINTENANCE CREW TROUBLESHOT. EXTERNAL HYDRO POWER WAS APPLIED TO ATTEMPT TO IDENTIFY THE SERVO. COULD NOT REPLICATE THE CHARRING SMELL. THE BUZZING WAS DUE TO THE CYCLIC SPRING LINK HOUSING BEING OVERTIGHTENED. REMOVED, DISASSEMBLED, REASSEMBLED AND REINSTALLED CYCLIC SPRING. SUBSEQUENT CHECK FLIGHT RESULTED IN NO DEFECTS NOTED.

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