- Difficulty date
- January 12, 2003
- Submitted
- June 24, 2003
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N453NW
- Make and model
- Snias AS350B2
- Aircraft serial
- 2475
- Engine
- Tmeca ARRIEL1
- Part
- Bearing
- Part number
- 355A09103601
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Tail Rotor
- Part time
- 6,019 hours
- Stage of operation
- NR
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.
What was found
TAIL ROTOR BEARING CRACKED BEYOND LIMITS.