Service difficulty report · Transmission · Bell 407

Difficulty date
September 21, 2016
Submitted
September 22, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N519MT
Make and model
Bell 407
Aircraft serial
53956
Aircraft time
3,042 hours, 13,514 cycles
Part
Transmission
Part number
407040006115FM
Part serial
A265
Condition
Failed
Location
Main Rotor
Part time
3,334 hours
Stage of operation
AA
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT WAS ENROUTE WITH PATIENT ONBOARD. PILOT ENCOUNTERED A TRANSMISSION CHIP LIGHT ILLUMINATION AND HAD TO MAKE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING AT ANOTHER HOSPITAL. PATIENT WAS THEN TAKEN THE REMAINING DISTANCE BY GROUND. MECHANIC ARRIVED AND AFTER PULLING THE CHIP DETECTORS, IT WAS EVIDENT THAT DUE TO THE FINDINGS OF METAL, THE ACFT IS GOING TO REQUIRE A TRANSMISSION CHANGE.

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