What was found
DURING DAILY INSPECTION, A 1 INCH LONG CRACK WAS DISCOVERED ON A TAIL BOOM SHEET METAL DOUBLER, LT SIDE, JUST AFT OF THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER.
- Difficulty date
- October 24, 2007
- Submitted
- October 25, 2007
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N1140H
- Make and model
- Bolkms BK117A3
- Aircraft serial
- 7078
- Aircraft time
- 12,939 hours
- Engine
- Lyc LTS101650B1
- System (JASC)
- 5302 · Rotorcraft Tail Boom
- Part
- Skin
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Tailboom
- Component
- Tailboom · Bolkms
- Component part number
- 11730052
- 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.