Service difficulty report · Tube · Bell 206B

Difficulty date
December 21, 2009
Submitted
January 19, 2010
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Bell 206B
Aircraft time
15,748 hours
Engine
Allsn 250C20B
Part
Tube
Part number
206070445001
Condition
Chafed
Location
Engine Oil
Part time
15,740 hours
Stage of operation
TX
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.

What was found

(CAN) DURING A PREFLIGHT CHECK, IT WAS NOTED BY THE PILOT THAT AN ABNORMAL SOUND WAS OCCURRING IN THE VERTICAL TUNNEL AREA DURING T/R PEDAL MOVEMENT. UPON INSPECTION OF THE AREA, IT WAS NOTED THAT THE T/R PEDAL PUSH-PULL TUBE (P/N 206-001-020-029) UPPER ATTACHMENT HARDWARE WAS CONTACTING THE ENGINE OIL PRESSURE INDICATOR TUBE ASSY (P/N 206-070-445-001), AS WELL AS THE ENGINE TORQUE METER PRESSURE INDICATOR TUBE ASSY (P/N 206-070-449-001). THIS CONTACT WOULD ONLY OCCUR, WHEN THE T/R PEDALS WERE MOVED TO THEIR EXTREME POSITIONS, WHICH NORMALLY ONLY OCCURS DURING PREFLIGHT/POST FLIGHT, FLIGHT CONTROL CHECKS. THE CONTACT WOULD NOT TAKE PLACE DURING NORMAL FLIGHT POSITIONS. THE CONTACT ON THE OIL PRESSURE TUBES WAS MINOR, BUT IF LEFT UNATTENDED, COULD EVENTUALLY CAUSE OIL LEAKING IF THE TUBES WORE THROUGH. THE OIL PRESSURE TUBES CAN BE, AND WERE, REPOSITIONED TO ALLOW FOR PROPER CLEARANCE IN ALL POSITIONS OF T/R PEDAL MOVEMENT. THE OIL PRESSURE TUBE ASSY`S WILL BE REPLACED WITH NEW ASSY`S. (TC NR 20100111003)

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