Service difficulty report · Clutch · Hughes 369E

Difficulty date
December 13, 2002
Submitted
February 21, 2003
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N1600Q
Make and model
Hughes 369E
Aircraft serial
O200E
Engine
Allsn 250C20
Part
Clutch
Part number
369A535041
Part serial
5693G
Condition
Failed
Location
Engine
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

RUBBING NOISE ON COAST DOWN AFTER SHUTDOWN. FOUND OVER-RUNNING CLUTCH ASSY HAD LOST ALL OIL. TOP BEARING CAP WAS BACKED .5000 OFF THREADS OF OUTER RACE SHAFT. CLUTCH STILL FUNCTIONED, BUT BEARINGS WERE BEGINING TO GRAB. TOP CAP LOCK WASHER STILL HAS PROPER LOCKING INDENTS. UNKNOWN WHY CAP BACKED OFF 82 HOURS SINCE INSPECTION.

More about the Hughes 369E