SDR ERAA077296

Service difficulty report · Bearing · Bell 412

Difficulty date
November 16, 2001
Submitted
December 3, 2001
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N418EH
Make and model
Bell 412
Aircraft time
15,533 hours
Part
Bearing
Part number
412040002103
Part serial
ANG00134
Condition
Making Metal
Location
Tail Rotor
Part time
7,849 hours
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
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

TRANSMISSION IS MAKING METAL. TAILROTOR QUILL BEARINGS CAUSE OF METAL CONTAMINATION. SEAL LEAKS. MAIN INPUT R/B QUILL, SYS II HYD QUILL AND AUX JETS ON RING GEAR CASE. ACTION TAKEN: REPAIRED, PARTIALLY DISASSEMBLED, VISUALLY INSPECTED EXPOSED COMP. INSTALLED NEW BEARINGS T/R QUILL AND PACKED WITH GEAR, INSTALLED NEW SEALS, AND GASKET, O RINGS TO REPAIR LEAKS. ALL WORK IAW BHT 412 CR&O.

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