What was found
TRANSMISSION DISASSEMBLED FOR METAL IN OIL, FOUND LOWER PLANETARY SPIDER CRACKED.REMOVED AND REPLACED LOWER PLANETARY SPIDER.
- Difficulty date
- September 12, 2003
- Submitted
- September 15, 2003
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Make and model
- Bell 412
- Aircraft serial
- 33169
- Aircraft time
- 12,763 hours
- System (JASC)
- 6320 · Main Rotor Gearbox
- Part
- Spider
- Part number
- 204040785003
- Part serial
- A270
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Main Rotor
- 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.