What was found
DURING ROUTINE 100 HR INSPECTION, FOUND MULTIPLE CRACKS IN THE AFT CROSSTUBE: RT SADDLE ATTACHING THE RT SKID TUBE. THE ACFT HAS NO HISTORY OR REPORTED INCIDENT THAT WOULD/COULD OF SUBJECTED THE CROSSTUBE TO DAMAGE.
- Difficulty date
- July 9, 2010
- Submitted
- July 9, 2010
- Operation
- General aviation
- Aircraft
- N711N
- Make and model
- Snias AS350B2
- Aircraft serial
- 4465
- Aircraft time
- 178 hours, 1,994 cycles
- Engine
- Tmeca ARRIEL1D1
- System (JASC)
- 3210 · Main Landing Gear
- Part
- Crosstube
- Part number
- 350A41108702
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Mlg
- Part time
- 178 hours, 1,994 cycles
- 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.