Service difficulty report · Gear · Hughes 369E

Difficulty date
June 12, 2001
Submitted
July 5, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N98SP
Make and model
Hughes 369E
Aircraft serial
0117E
Part
Gear
Part number
369D2512711
Part serial
0055701092
Condition
Broken
Location
Transmission
Component
Transmission
Component part number
369D25100507
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E, J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

1) PILOT REPORTED BANG FOLLOWED BY AIRCRAFT VIBRATION, NO CAUTION LIGHT ILLUMINATED. PILOT MADE PRECAUTIONARY LANDING. 2) MAINTENANCE FOUND LARGE PIECE OF METAL ON CHIP DETECTOR STANDING UP TOO LARGE TO FALL OVER AND BRIDGE GAP ON CHIP DETECTOR. 3) TRANSMISSION REMOVED, GEAR PN 369D2512711 SER NR 0055701092 FOUND TO HAVE A TOOTH BROKEN OFF, MFG HAS TAKEN GEAR TO PERFORM HARDNESS TEST.

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