What was found
THE TAIL ROTOR GEARBOX WAS GENERATING METAL CONTAMINATION. TAIL ROTOR GEARBOX REPLACED.
- Difficulty date
- July 26, 2010
- Submitted
- January 4, 2011
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Make and model
- Snias AS350BA
- Aircraft time
- 4,073 hours
- Engine
- Tmeca ARRIEL1B
- System (JASC)
- 6520 · Tail Rotor Gearbox
- Part
- Gearbox
- Part number
- 350A33020005
- Condition
- Making Metal
- Location
- Tail Rotor
- Part time
- 1,427 hours
- Stage of operation
- NR
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.