Service difficulty report · Bearing · Hughes 269C1

Difficulty date
October 6, 2014
Submitted
March 12, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Hughes 269C1
Aircraft time
2,990 hours
Engine
Lyc HO360C1A
Part
Bearing
Part number
269A1231
Condition
Making Metal
Location
Rotor Head
Part time
3,092 hours
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

(CAN) THE ROTOR SYS WAS FOUND TO BE INCREASING IN VIBRATION. CHECKED THROUGH THE SYSTEM AND FOUND THE BEARINGS WHEN PURGED OF GREASE WERE SHOWING FINE METAL PARTICLES. CARRIED OUT A WEIGHTED ROTATIONAL TEST ON PITCH HOUSINGS AND FOUND THE BEARINGS TO BE A BIT ROUGH. THIS LED ME TO REPLACE THE PITCH HOUSING BEARINGS ON ALL 3 PITCH HOUSINGS.