SDR 96ZZZX2246

Service difficulty report · Gear · Bell 47G5A

Difficulty date
March 1, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Bell 47G5A
Engine
Lyc VO435B1A
Part
Gear
Part number
76327
Condition
Failed
Location
Assory Drv
Part time
10,231 hours
Stage of operation
IN
Nature of condition
W
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

ENGINE ABRUPTLY QUIT RUNNING WHILE ON GROUND. INVESTIGATION REVEALED ASSESSORY DRIVE GEAR, WHICH IS A TWO-PIECE GEAR ASSEMBLED AT THE FACTORY, HAD FAILED. THE 6 BOLTS THAT ATTACH THE 2 PIECES HAD SHEARED & THE 3 DOWELS THAT SHOULD BE A PRESS FIT IN BOTH PIECES HAD FALLEN OUT. ACCORDING TO LYC, LOCKING TABS WHICH SAFETY THE BOLTS SHD BE INSTALLED SO THEY COVER DOWELS, PREVENTING THEM FROM FALLING DOWN. TABS WERE INSTALLED IN A WAY THAT DID NOT COVER DOWEL PINS. IT APPEARED THEY HAD BEEN LIKE THAT SINCE NEW. REPLACEMENT GEAR INSTALLED WHICH WAS A USED SERVICEABLE GEAR, ALSO HAD TABS INSTALLED WRONG. SUBMITTER RECOMMENDS INSPECTION TO VERIFY INTEGRITY OF BOLTS & PROPER INSTALL OF DOWEL PINS & LOCKING TABS.

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