Service difficulty report · Drive Shaft · Bell 407

Difficulty date
November 2, 2015
Submitted
November 9, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N496AE
Make and model
Bell 407
Aircraft serial
53328
Aircraft time
7,939 hours, 29,886 cycles
Part
Drive Shaft
Part number
407040330105
Part serial
A1568
Condition
Sheared
Location
Tailrotor
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
C

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

What was found

UPON TAKING OFF THE ACFT EXPERIENCED AN UNCOMMANDED YAW. THE PILOT IMMEDIATELY LANDED & SHUTDOWN THE ACFT. UPON MX INSPECTION IT WAS FOUND THAT THE TAIL ROTOR SEGMENTED DRIVESHAFT LOCATED ABOVE THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER ON THE TAIL BOOM HAD SHEARED CAUSING A LOSS OF POWER TO THE TAIL ROTOR & SUBSEQUENT UNCOMMANDED YAW OF THE ACFT.

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