What was found
DURING DAILY INSPECTION, A 3 INCH LONG CRACK WAS FOUND ON THE LT SIDE TAILBOOM DOUBLER.
- Difficulty date
- January 25, 2008
- Submitted
- January 28, 2008
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N171MU
- Make and model
- Bolkms BK117A4
- Aircraft serial
- 7138
- Aircraft time
- 9,608 hours, 30,250 cycles
- Engine
- Lyc LTS101650B1
- System (JASC)
- 5302 · Rotorcraft Tail Boom
- Part
- Doubler
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Tailboom
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.