Service difficulty report · Bearing · Bell 505

Difficulty date
August 21, 2020
Submitted
August 24, 2020
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Bell 505
Part
Bearing
Part number
9601600302
Part serial
NA
Condition
Broken
Location
Accessory G/B
Part time
31 hours, 56 cycles
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
M
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

ENGINE WAS SENT TO THE REPAIR STATION FOR REPAIR AFTER METAL PARTICLES WERE FOUND ON THE ACCESSORY GEARBOX MAGNETIC PLUG. DURING DISASSEMBLY IT WAS NOTED THAT TWO TABS FROM THE INTERMEDIATE GEAR BEARING CAGE WERE MISSING AND MATCHED THE TWO METAL PARTICLES FOUND ON THE MAGNETIC PLUG.

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