What was found
AIRWORTHINESS INSPECTION FOUND TAIL ROTOR AFT SHORT SHAFT COUPLING DISC PACK CRACKED.
- Difficulty date
- April 22, 2013
- Submitted
- April 22, 2013
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N408AM
- Make and model
- Bell 407
- Aircraft serial
- 53445
- Aircraft time
- 5,803 hours, 12,878 cycles
- Engine
- Allsn 250C47B
- System (JASC)
- 6500 · Tail Rotor Drive System
- Part
- Disc Pack
- Part number
- 407340340103
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Tail Rotor
- 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.