- Difficulty date
- February 19, 2002
- Submitted
- February 25, 2002
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Make and model
- Bell 407
- Aircraft serial
- 53159
- Aircraft time
- 4,918 hours
- Part
- Bearing
- Part number
- 407340339101
- Condition
- Damaged
- Location
- T/R Driveshaft
- Component
- Driveshaft · 407040302101
- 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
TAIL ROTOR DRIVE SHAFT HAS ROUGH BEARINGS. SHAFT HAS MECHANICAL DAMAGE.
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