- Difficulty date
- March 23, 2000
- Submitted
- May 10, 2004
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N971AE
- Make and model
- Snias AS350B3
- Aircraft serial
- 3230
- Aircraft time
- 88 hours
- Part
- Spider
- Part number
- 350A33200406
- Part serial
- MA1125
- Condition
- Loose
- Location
- Tail Rotor
- Part time
- 88 hours
- Stage of operation
- NR
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.
What was found
TAIL ROTOR SPIDER BEARING RETAINER LOOSE.