Service difficulty report · Seal · Bell 407

Difficulty date
September 19, 2021
Submitted
September 22, 2021
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N91WH
Make and model
Bell 407
Aircraft serial
53300
Aircraft time
5,352 hours, 11,210 cycles
Engine
Allsn 250C47B
Engine time
16,637 hours, 11,217 cycles
Part
Seal
Part number
209340265103
Part serial
NA
Condition
Misaligned
Location
Zone 200
Part time
359 hours, 321 cycles
Component
Aft Support · Bell · NA
Component part number
406040500145
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
K
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AFTER DEPARTING KPTN ABOUT 15 MINUTES OUT TRANSMISSION LOW PRESSURE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND TRANSMISSION OIL PRESSURE WAS READING LOW AND ERRATIC. TRANSMISSION OIL TEMPERATURE WAS READING HIGH. PILOT LANDED IN A FIELD. UPON SHUTTING DOWN THERE WAS OIL ON THE SIDE OF AIRCRAFT. MAINTENANCE WAS FLOWN TO THE LOCATION AND DETERMINED THAT THE FREEWHEELING UNIT AFT SUPPORT SEAL HAD MIGRATED PARTIALLY OUT OF THE SEAL BOSS AND WAS LEAKING. AFT SUPPORT ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED AND TRANSMISSION SERVICEABILITY CHECK PERFORMED WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED.

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