Service difficulty report · Skid · Bell 407

Difficulty date
September 29, 2014
Submitted
March 12, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Bell 407
Aircraft time
8,462 hours
Engine
Allsn 250C47B
Part
Skid
Part number
206020110103
Condition
Broken
Location
Tailboom
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

(CAN) SKID ASSEMBLY, STINGER, NOTED AS LOOSE ON ACFT DAILY INSPECTION. FURTHER INSPECTION FOUND IT BROKEN AT SINGLE ATTACHMENT POINT. EVIDENCE OF FRETTING AND CORROSION. THIS IS THE 2ND RECENT FAILURE OF THIS PART ON THIS ACFT TYPE. RESTRICTED TO THIS MFG MODEL ONLY, NOT SIMILAR TO OTHER MODEL, HAS TUNING WEIGHT AT AFT END OF STINGER THAT MAY CONTRIBUTE TO THIS PROBLEM.

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