Service difficulty report · Gear · Hughes 369D

Difficulty date
September 21, 2011
Submitted
September 14, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Hughes 369D
Aircraft time
17,217 hours
Engine
Allsn 250C20B
Part
Gear
Part number
369D2512711
Condition
Broken
Location
M/R Transmission
Part time
1,642 hours
Component
Transmission · Hughes · 369D25100507
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

(CAN) ACFT MAIN ROTOR TRANSMISSION LOW OIL PRESSURE LIGHT ILLUMINATED IN FLIGHT & PILOT PERFORMED AN UNSCHEDULED LANDING. UPON INSPECTION BY A MECHANIC METAL WAS FOUND ON THE M/R TRANSMISSION CHIP PLUGS. CHIP LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE. TRANSMISSION, PN 369D25100-507 WAS REPLACED & SENT TO COMPONENT DEPARTMENT. DURING TRANSMISSION DISASSEMBLY THE O/P GEAR, PN 369D25127-11, SN 005304-2082 WAS FOUND TO HAVE A TOOTH BROKEN OFF. DURING FURTHER DISASSEMBLY, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE LUBRICATION PUMP DRIVE SHAFT HAD SHEARED OFF DUE TO A PIECE OF THE GEAR TOOTH GOING THROUGH THE PUMP GEAR. THE INOPERATIVE PUMP IS WHAT CAUSED THE LOW OIL PRESSURE LIGHT TO ILLUMINATE.