FAA grounds 2,800 Bell helos for inspection
Posted: 19 Mar 2009, 00:14
FAA grounds 2,800 Bell helicopters for inspection
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON - U.S. safety officials are grounding 2,800 Bell helicopters in a search for improperly installed bearings that could cause the co-pilot controls to malfunction.
Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Laura Brown says the agency wants operators of three types of helicopters to visually inspect a bearing in the co-pilot cyclic controls and replace the part if it was improperly installed.
The helicopters are Bell models 407 and 427, and the 206 A, B and L series.
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/2009/ ... 26-ap.html
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON - U.S. safety officials are grounding 2,800 Bell helicopters in a search for improperly installed bearings that could cause the co-pilot controls to malfunction.
Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Laura Brown says the agency wants operators of three types of helicopters to visually inspect a bearing in the co-pilot cyclic controls and replace the part if it was improperly installed.
The helicopters are Bell models 407 and 427, and the 206 A, B and L series.
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/2009/ ... 26-ap.html