- Difficulty date
- May 24, 2001
- Submitted
- May 29, 2001
- Operation
- General aviation
- Aircraft
- N369AW
- Make and model
- Hughes 369D
- Aircraft serial
- 470117D
- Aircraft time
- 14,779 hours
- Part
- Gearbox
- Part number
- 369D25400
- Part serial
- 2033
- Condition
- Making Metal
- Location
- Tail Rotor
- Part time
- 3,154 hours
- 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 GEARBOX IS MAKING METAL.