What was found
FEATHERING BEARINGS CRACKED. FEATHERING BEARINGS WERE REPLACED BEFORE THIS AT TIME 589.4. THE BLADE HAS 1152.8 SINCE REPLACEMENT OF BEARINGS. REPLACED BLADE
- Difficulty date
- January 1, 2001
- Submitted
- May 7, 2001
- Operation
- General aviation
- Aircraft
- N430CH
- Make and model
- Bell 430
- Aircraft serial
- 49037
- Aircraft time
- 2,862 hours
- System (JASC)
- 6410 · Tail Rotor Blades
- Part
- Blade
- Part number
- 222016001131
- Part serial
- A1711
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Tail Rotor
- Part time
- 1,742 hours
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.