SDR HEEA968115

Service difficulty report · Support Assy · Bell 407

Difficulty date
October 4, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N407PH
Make and model
Bell 407
Aircraft serial
53003
Part
Support Assy
Part number
206030114165
Condition
Chafe Wires
Location
Anti Coll Light
Part time
279 hours
Component
206020113223
Stage of operation
IN
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

ON JULY 5, 1996 AT AIRCRAFT TOTAL TIME 214:10 3 WIRE CABLES WERE INSTALLED IN VERTICAL FIN AS THE OTHERS WERE SEVERELY CHAFED. THE NEW CABLE WAS REPAIRED 2 OR 3 TIMES. THEN ON JULY 22, 1996, THE CABLE WAS REPLACED AGAIN BECAUSE IT IS CHAFING SEVERELY WHERE THE WIRE GOES THROUGH SUPPORT P/N 206-030-114-165 AND WIRE MAKES A 90 DEGREE TURN TO GO FORWARD. SOME SORT OF CHAFE PROTECTION NEEDS TO BE INSTALLED FOR THE ANTI-COLLISION WIRE TO FREELY TRAVEL THROUGH SUPPORT P/N 206-030-114-165. IT NEEDS TO BE SOFT ENOUGH TO GIVE THE WIRE PROTECTION AND BIG ENOUGH TO ALLOW A NEW WIRE TO BE STRUNG WITHOUTDISASSEMBLY.

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