Stroking Piston
No failure report names the stroking piston. 2 FAA approvals let 1 company make a replacement stroking piston, Aerospace Component Manufacturing & Engineering holding the most (2).
Approved replacement parts 2 parts manufacturer approvals
A parts manufacturer approval (PMA) lets a company other than the aircraft's maker make a stroking piston and sell it as an approved part for the models named. These are the companies holding such approvals for a stroking piston:
For these models most: Bell 206 JetRanger and LongRanger (2), Bell 407 (1).
| Maker | Part | Replaces | Fits | Granted | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aerospace Component Manufacturing & Engineering | Stroking Piston ACME 67545 | 67545 | Bell 206L, 206L-1, 206L-3 | 2010-11-08 | current |
| Aerospace Component Manufacturing & Engineering | Stroking Piston ACME 20638 | 20638 | Bell 206L-1, 206L-3 206L-4, 407 | 2010-11-08 | 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.