Service difficulty report · Bearing · Hughes 500N

Difficulty date
December 8, 1995
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Hughes 500N
Part
Bearing
Part number
369H56555
Condition
Failed
Location
Blower Assembly
Part time
950 hours
Stage of operation
CR
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

(CAN)UPPER BEARING OF OIL COOLER BLOWER ASSEMBLY FAILED CAUSING LOSS OF BELT TENSION AND VIBRATION. BEARING DID NOT SEIZE, INDICATIONS TO PILOT WERE A BANG FOLLOWED BY SQUEALING OF THE BELT AND RUMBLING OFTHE BLOWER ASSEMBLY. A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING WAS CARRIED OUT. THERE WAS NO LOSS OF POWER OR CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT.