What was found
TAIL ROTOR BLADE BEARINGS WERE CRACKED. REPLACED TWO BEARINGS.
- Difficulty date
- December 26, 2001
- Submitted
- January 8, 2002
- Operation
- General aviation
- Aircraft
- N430CV
- Make and model
- Bell 430
- Aircraft serial
- 49072
- Aircraft time
- 880 hours
- System (JASC)
- 6410 · Tail Rotor Blades
- Part
- Bearing
- Part number
- 222312753103
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- T/R Blade
- Part time
- 281 hours
- Component
- T/R Blade · 222016001131
- 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.