Service difficulty report · Spacer · Bell 407

Difficulty date
February 17, 2002
Submitted
April 11, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N567AL
Make and model
Bell 407
Aircraft serial
53246
Part
Spacer
Part number
206020113222
Part serial
BP242PC02
Condition
Spinning
Location
Vert Stabilizer
Part time
4,480 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.

What was found

REMOVING STABILIZER FROM AIRCRAFT AND NOTED SPACER SPINNING. WHILE STARTING TO REPAIR SPACER, BUBBLED PAINT WAS NOTED BY TIP CAP AND ON TRAILING EDGE CAPS. SPACER SPINNING IN HONEYCOMB, THE SPACER IS MANUFACTURED SMOOTH WITH NO SERATIONS TO PREVENT SPINNING. WHEN TRAILING EDGE CAPS WERE REMOVED ARCING DAMAGE WAS NOTED 4 INCHES DOWN FROM TIP. CABLE ASSEMBLY, ANTI-COLLISION LIGHT HAD CHAFED INSIDE CAPS AND CAPS SHOWED EVIDENCE OF ARCING.

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