What was found
FAILURE OF THE LT REAR TRANSMISSION LINK IN FLIGHT. HEARD NOISE AUTOROTATION TO A SAFE LANDING IN FIELD. INVESTIGATION SHOWED THE LINK HAD SEPARATED, TRANS UP STOP HELD.
- Difficulty date
- April 10, 2008
- Submitted
- April 11, 2008
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N89AE
- Make and model
- Bell 206L1
- Aircraft serial
- 45433
- Aircraft time
- 26,259 hours, 45,343 cycles
- Engine
- Allsn 250C28B
- System (JASC)
- 6330 · Main Rotor Transmission Mount
- Part
- Link
- Condition
- Broken
- Location
- Transmission
- Stage of operation
- NR
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- E
- Precautionary procedure
- R
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.