Service difficulty report · Screw · Bell 412

Difficulty date
August 11, 2015
Submitted
April 22, 2016
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Bell 412
Aircraft time
17,297 hours
Engine
Pwa PT6T3B
Part
Screw
Part number
MS3526660
Condition
Short
Location
Fwd Oil-Jet Main
Component
Main Gearbox · Bell
Component part number
412040002103
Stage of operation
HO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, J
Precautionary procedure
B, A

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

What was found

(CAN) MAIN GEARBOX, PN 412-040-002-103, NOTE THAT SECTION 8 OF THIS FORM WOULD NOT ACCEPT THE MFG INFO AND THEREFORE WOULD NOT SAVE. LOW OIL INDCATION OBSERVED IN FLIGHT, PILOT MADE EMERGENCY LANDING. UPON INSPECTION OF THE ACFT IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE MAIN GEARBOX HAD LOST MOST OF IT`S OIL THROUGH THE FORWARD PLANETARY OIL JET THAT HAD PULLED OFF THE MAIN GEARBOX AND WAS IN SUSPENSION ON ITS SOLID LINE. THE AME ON SITE DETERMINED THAT THE CORRECT HARDWARE WAS INSTALLED IN THE OIL-JET, PN 205-040-135-001 AND SCREW, PN MS35266-60, 412IPB, CH 63, FIGURE 63-05A, ITEMS 32,31. SCREW, PN MS35266-60 WAS FOUND TO BE TOO SHORT AND ONLY ENGAGES APPROXIMATELY 1.5 THREADS. A COMPONENT O/H SHOP WAS CONTACTED AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT IT WAS CUSTOMARY TO REPLACE THE BOLT WITH A LONGER DASH NR DESPITE THE IPB TO ENSURE THAT THE OIL-JET WAS PROPERLY SECURED. A MFG TECH REP WAS CONTACTED AND MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE ACFT WAS INSPECTED, OIL REPLENISHED, LONGER HARDWARE WAS INSTALLED GROUND RUN AND LEAK CHECK WAS C/O AS PER THE MM AND HOVER AND TEST FLIGHT WAS CARRIED OUT WITH NO FURTHER FAULT FOUND. ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

More about the Bell 412