# SDR 2000ZZZX420

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: October 22, 1999
- Submitted: March 26, 2000
- Operation: General aviation
- Make and model: Bell 206B
- Registry model: [Bell 206B](https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206b) (OpenAirDocs)
- System (JASC): [6210 · Main Rotor Blades](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/6210)
- Part: Blade
- Part number: 206010200133
- Condition: Damaged
- Location: Main Rotor
- Part time: 2,769 hours
- Stage of operation: IN
- Nature of condition: O
- Precautionary procedure: K
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2000ZZZX420

## Discrepancy

MAIN ROTOR BLADE FACTORY INSTALLED WEIGHT DISLODGED DURING OPERATION STRIKING MAIN ROTOR BLADE TIP CAP.  TIP CAP TRAILING EDGE WAS BENT OUTBOARD APPROXIMATELY 30 DEGREES AND APPROXIMATELY ONE INCH OF WEIGHT PROTRUDED THROUGH OUTBOARD END OF SPAR.  UPPER AND  LOWER MAIN ROTOR BLADE SKIN BALLOONED OUT FROM FORCE OF WEIGHT IMPACT.  MAIN ROTOR BLADE WAS RETURNED TO BELL HELICOPTER FOR INVESTIGATION.

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