Service difficulty report · Crosstube · Bell 407

Difficulty date
June 9, 2010
Submitted
January 4, 2011
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Bell 407
Aircraft time
4,730 hours
Engine
Allsn 250C47B
Part
Crosstube
Part number
D407667205
Condition
Cracked
Location
Mlg
Part time
5,368 hours
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
D
Precautionary procedure
C

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

What was found

PILOT LANDED ON A LOG PAD IN A MARSHY AERA TO FACILITATE A CREW CHANGE. THE ACFT WAS SPOOLED BACK TO FLIGHT IDLE AND THE CREW MEMBERS DEPARTED AND THE OTHER CREW BORDED THE ACFT. AS PILOT WAS ROLLING THE THROTTLE BACK UP TO 100 PERCENT, THE PILOT HEARD A LOUD CRACK AND THE ACFT TILTED AFT AND LT. THE PILOT SHUTDOWN ENGINE AND PILOT AND CREW DEPARTED THE ACFT UNINJURED. UPON INSP IT WAS FOUND THAT THE AFT CROSSTUBE HAD BROKE IN TWO. VISUAL INSP OF THE CRACK DOES NOT SHOW ANY SIGN THAT THE CROSSTUBE WAS CRACKED PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. BATCH NR OF FAILED TUBE IS B19109.

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