What was found
AIRCRAFT WAS FLYING LOW SPEED OVER A CORN FIELD AT NIGHT FOR FROST PREVENTION. ON RETURN LEG TO AIRPORT FOR REFUELING. AT 11:30 PM AIRCRAFT DEVELOPED SEVERE MAIN ROTOR VIBRATION. UPON SHUTDOWN, FOUND CRACK IN BLADE AREA.
- Difficulty date
- January 12, 2001
- Submitted
- February 8, 2001
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N522BM
- Make and model
- Bell 206L
- Aircraft serial
- 512121
- System (JASC)
- 6210 · Main Rotor Blades
- Part
- Blade
- Part number
- 206015001105
- Part serial
- T790
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Main Rotor
- Part time
- 1,398 hours
- Stage of operation
- AG
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- E, F
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.