Service difficulty report · O-Ring · Bell 407

Difficulty date
February 17, 2021
Submitted
February 18, 2021
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N404AM
Make and model
Bell 407
Aircraft serial
54546
Aircraft time
1,806 hours, 6,506 cycles
Part
O-Ring
Condition
Out Of Position
Location
Oil Filter
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
W, K
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

DURING MGB OIL FILTER CHANGE, FOUND O-RING IN WRONG GROOVE ON OIL CLOGGING INDICATOR FOR THE LOWER END OF FILTER. THERE ARE TWO GROOVES BUT ONE IS JUST PART OF THE DESIGN OF THE HOUSING AND IF O-RING IS IN THIS WRONG GROOVE, UNFILTERED OIL CAN BYPASS THE FILTER AND CAUSE CONTAMINATION TO SPREAD THROUGHOUT OIL SYSTEM.

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