What was found
FOUND BEARING DEFECTIVE, EXCESSIVE PLAY AND ROUGH/RATCHETING.
- Difficulty date
- April 23, 2003
- Submitted
- April 28, 2003
- Operation
- General aviation
- Aircraft
- N577AL
- Make and model
- Bell 407
- Aircraft serial
- 53247
- Aircraft time
- 5,576 hours
- Engine
- Allsn 250C47B
- System (JASC)
- 6220 · Main Rotor Head
- Part
- Bearing
- Part number
- 406310405101
- Part serial
- RXFS4783
- Condition
- Defective
- Location
- Main Rotor
- Part time
- 1,012 hours
- Stage of operation
- NR
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.