What was found
THE INBD TAIL ROTOR HUB ELASTOMERIC BEARING WAS FOUND SHEARED ON A PREFLIGHT INSP. MX CONFIRMED THE DISCREPANCY AND ORDERED A REPLACEMENT TAIL ROTOR HUB ASSY. THE HUB ASSY WAS REPLACED AND THE ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.
- Difficulty date
- January 6, 2012
- Submitted
- January 10, 2012
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N911ED
- Make and model
- Bell 429
- Aircraft serial
- 57006
- Aircraft time
- 1,053 hours, 3,339 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 6420 · Tail Rotor Head
- Part
- Bearing
- Part number
- 429312103109
- Condition
- Sheared
- Location
- Tail Rotor
- Part time
- 1,053 hours
- Component
- Rotor Hub · Bell
- Component part number
- 429012101115
- 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.