Service difficulty report · Bearing · Bell 407

Difficulty date
July 15, 2017
Submitted
July 15, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N509MT
Make and model
Bell 407
Aircraft serial
54099
Aircraft time
1,792 hours, 5,553 cycles
Part
Bearing
Part number
407310101105
Part serial
LK16220
Condition
Delaminated
Location
M/R Hub
Part time
1,792 hours
Component
M/R Hub Assy · Bell
Component part number
407010100123
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

DURING NORMAL CRUISE FLIGHT PILOT AND CREW FELT A SHUTTER HE AND CREW SPOKE ABOUT THE SHUTTER IF THEY ALL FELT IT AND WITHIN 3 -4 SECONDS THEY FELT IT AGAIN, PILOT SAID HE REDUCED POWER AND DID A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING. SPEAKING WITH PILOT NO ABNORMAL INDICATIONS WERE ON THE INSTRUMENTS AT THE TIME OF OR AFTER DURING PL. HE HAS NO ERRORS ON INSTRUMENTS HIS VISUAL NO SIGNS OF BIRD STRIKE. WINDS WERE ABOUT 5 KNOTS PUSHING . HE SAID HE WAS AT ABOUT 1900 FT ABOVE GROUND 3000FT TOTAL AT 135KNTS GROUND SPEED. HE SAID ALL OIL LEVELS ARE IN THE IN NORMAL RANGES. ACFT LANDED SAFELY BESIDE THE ROAD AND THE PATIENT WAS TRANSPORTED BY GROUND. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED THE COMPLETE M/R SYSTEM AND DRIVELINE AND DISCOVERED THAT ONE SHEAR BEARING WAS OUT OF TOLERANCE. ACFT BEING TRANSPORTED BY GROUND TO BASE FOR M/R HUB REPLACEMENT.

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