Service difficulty report · Mast · Bell 407

Difficulty date
June 4, 2001
Submitted
July 3, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N203HA
Make and model
Bell 407
Aircraft serial
53023
Part
Mast
Part number
407040038101
Part serial
A40
Condition
Corroded
Location
Main Rotor
Part time
942 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

COMPLETED 60 MONTH MAST INSPECTION, FOUND CORROSION ON MAST POLE IN AREA ON RETAINING NUT THREADS, AND THE RETAINING NUT THAT WAS BEYOND ALLOWABLE LIMITS IAW PRODUCT SUPPORT EVALUATION. REPLACED MAST POLE AND RETAINING NUT. THERE WAS NO TORQUE ON THE RETAINING NUT WHEN REMOVED FOR THE INSPECTION AND THE PRO-SEAL WAS NOT SEALING AGAINST THE MAST POLE, THUS CAUSING MOISTURE AND CORROSION ON THE POLE AND RETAINING NUT.

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