Service difficulty report · Bearing · Snias AS350B2

Difficulty date
February 28, 2013
Submitted
March 4, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N220CF
Make and model
Snias AS350B2
Aircraft serial
3411
Aircraft time
5,267 hours, 14,805 cycles
Part
Bearing
Part number
ASNA013735E2
Condition
Rough
Location
Cyclic
Part time
5,267 hours
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

ON APPROACH TO LANDING PILOT REPORTED BINDING IN CYCLIC CONTROL IN THE AFT QUADRANT. MX INVESTIGATION REVEALED 2 BEARINGS IN CYCLIC CONTROL SYS WITH ROUGH SPOTS. REPLACED 1 EA PN ASNA0136-35E2 BEARING AND 1 EA ASNA0137-35E2 BEARING IN CYCLIC CONTROL TORQUE SHAFT.