Plate Shoe
No failure report names the plate shoe. 1 FAA approvals let 1 company make a replacement plate shoe, Vision Air Services, LLC holding the most (1).
Approved replacement parts 1 parts manufacturer approvals
A parts manufacturer approval (PMA) lets a company other than the aircraft's maker make a plate shoe and sell it as an approved part for the models named. These are the companies holding such approvals for a plate shoe:
For these models most: Bell 412 (1), Bell 212 (1), Bell 205 (1), Bell 204 (1).
| Maker | Part | Replaces | Fits | Granted | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vision Air Services, LLC | Plate Shoe Bearing 297018VA | 297018 | Bell Textron Inc. 204B, 205A-1, 212 | 2025-10-28 | current |
Sources: the FAA's service difficulty reports since 1995 (a report is a part that failed and was fixed, as filed by an airline, repair station or owner; the count shows reporting as much as reliability) and the parts manufacturer approvals in the FAA's Dynamic Regulatory System. The part name is the reporters' and the approval holders' own words, reduced to the first plain words so that spellings meet.