Service difficulty report · Transmission · Bell 407

Difficulty date
September 10, 2017
Submitted
September 13, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N407AM
Make and model
Bell 407
Aircraft serial
53309
Aircraft time
7,735 hours, 26,768 cycles
Engine
Allsn 250C47B
Engine time
5,704 hours, 15,322 cycles
Part
Transmission
Part number
407040006115FM
Part serial
A415
Condition
Making Metal
Location
Main
Part time
8,138 hours, 4,880 cycles
Stage of operation
AA
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

IN FLIGHT, THE TRANSMISSION CHIP CAUTION ILLUMINATED. INSPECTED CHIP DETECTOR, DEBRIS FOUND, DETERMINED TO BE INSIGNIFICANT IAW MM 63, NO FURTHER ACTION REQUIRED. AIRCRAFT WAS GROUND RUN FOR 10 MIN,THEN OPERATIONAL CHECK FLIGHT FOR 30+ MIN. COULD NOT DUPLICATED DISCREPANCY, AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. UPON RETURN TO HANGAR A TRANSMISSION OIL AND FILTER CHANGE WAS PERFORMED IAW MM 63 & 12. THIS AIRCRAFT REMAINS OUT OF SERVICE AT THIS TIME, UPON RECOMMENDATION FROM MANUFACTURER TO REMOVE TRANSMISSION, AND SEND TO THEM FOR A THOROUGH INSPECTION.

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