Service difficulty report · Housing · Bell 407

Difficulty date
March 28, 2014
Submitted
March 12, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Bell 407
Aircraft time
1 hours
Engine
Allsn 250C47B
Part
Housing
Condition
Cracked
Location
Freewheel Unit
Component
Freewheel Assy · Bell
Component part number
407040500123
Stage of operation
NR
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 OVERHAUL THE FREEWHEEL ASSEMBLY, IT WAS NOTICED THAT A LARGE CRACK HAD FORMED UNDER THE O-RING GROOVE OF THE CHIP DETECTOR HOUSING. SHOULD THE CRACK HAVE CONTINUED AND THE CHIP DETECTOR HOSING HAD BROKEN FREE OF THE FREEWHEEL UNIT, OIL UNDER PRESSURE FROM THE MAIN TRANSMISSION WOULD HAVE BEEN EXPELLED FROM THE FREEWHEEL ASSY.

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