Service difficulty report · Shaft · Bell 407

Difficulty date
September 9, 2010
Submitted
September 9, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N407AL
Make and model
Bell 407
Aircraft serial
53494
Aircraft time
10,277 hours
Engine
Allsn 250C47B
Engine time
5,292 hours
Part
Shaft
Part number
E23071313
Part serial
SG10232
Condition
Cracked
Location
Turbine Section
Part time
2,795 hours
Component
Turbine · Allsn
Component part number
23063354
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
E
Nature of condition
K
Precautionary procedure
E

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

ENGINE HAD HIGH OIL CONSUMPTION. DISASSEMBLED PT SECTION OF TURBINE AND DISASSEMBLED PT ROTOR. FOUND EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF OIL BETWEEN PT INNER AND PT OUTER SHAFTS. CLEANED OFF PARTS AND INSPECTED. DISCOVERED CRACK IN INNER SHAFT BELOW INNER NUT THREADS WHICH CAUSED LACK OF TORQUE OF PT ROTOR ALLOWING OIL TO PASS THROUGH 9-11/13-18 SEAL GOING THRU INNER SHAFT AND ROTOR. NOTE: CRACK WAS APPROX .2500 OF THE DIAMETER AROUND THE INNER SHAFT AND THROUGH WALL TO INSIDE DIAMETER OF SHAFT.

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