- Difficulty date
- December 3, 2002
- Submitted
- July 16, 2003
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N890AK
- Make and model
- Snias AS350BA
- Aircraft serial
- 2138
- Engine
- Tmeca ARRIEL1B
- Part
- Bearing
- Part number
- 355A09103601
- Condition
- Delaminated
- Location
- Tail Rotor
- Part time
- 487 hours
- Stage of operation
- NR
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.
What was found
TAIL ROTOR BEARING DELAMINATED AT 487.7 TTSN.