Service difficulty report · Clutch · Robsin R44RAVENII

Difficulty date
May 29, 2007
Submitted
January 21, 2008
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Robsin R44RAVENII
Aircraft time
806 hours
Engine
Lyc IO540AE1A5
Part
Clutch
Part number
C0183
Part serial
3116
Condition
Seized
Location
Transmission
Part time
948 hours
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

(CAN) LOUD BANG DURING POWER CHANGE ON APPROACH. INSPECTED AC AND FOUND CLUTCH ASSY ROUGH. TURNED IT A FEW TIMES BY HAND AND SEIZED. NEW CLUTCH ASSY INSTALLED, DEFECT RECTIFIED. CLUTCH BEING SENT TO OUR IN HOUSE COMPONENT SHOP FOR INVESTIGATION. WILL FWD THE PICTURES AND INFORMATION WHEN RECEIVED FROM THE COMPONENT SHOP. PICTURES ATTACHED AND CLUTCH ASSY BEING SENT TO MFG FOR WARRANTY AND INVESTIGATION. (TC NR 20070531006)