Service difficulty report · Bearing · Bell 407

Difficulty date
January 3, 2012
Submitted
January 16, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N422PH
Make and model
Bell 407
Aircraft serial
53675
Aircraft time
7,153 hours
Engine
Allsn 250C47B
Engine time
2,882 hours
Part
Bearing
Part number
M25010106
Part serial
NWC110545
Condition
Spalled
Location
Turbine
Part time
547 hours
Component
Turbine
Component part number
23063354
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

ENGINE REMOVED DUE TO FOREIGN OBJECT DAMAGE. NR 5 BEARING EXHIBITED ROUGH ROTATION AND SPALLING OF OUTER RACE. INSTALLED NEW BEARING.

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