SDR 97ZZZX3209

Service difficulty report · Bushing · Bell 206L3

Difficulty date
June 19, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N173P
Make and model
Bell 206L3
Aircraft serial
51370
Part
Bushing
Part number
22006B161416
Condition
Cracked
Location
Tailboom
Part time
3,129 hours
Stage of operation
IN
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

BUSHING CRACKED, THREE PLACES IN FLANGE. BUSHING IS LOCATED IN BELLCRANK SUPPORT AT THE AFT END OF THE TAILBOOM, AND IS PART OF THE TAIL ROTOR CONTROL SYSTEM. FAILED BUSHING IS THE UPPER OF TWO BUSHINGS LOCATED IN THE BELLCRANK SUPPORT. NO DAMAGE WAS FOUND IN THE SUPPORT ASSEMBLY. CRACK MAY HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY OVERTORQUING OF BELLCRANK BOLTS. AIRCRAFT WAS PREVIOUSLY INVOLVED IN INCIDENT IN WHICH TAILBOOM WAS DAMAGED, AND REBUILT.

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