What was found
DURING HOVER, PILOT HEARD A BANG FROM THE REAR OF THE ACFT. PILOT LANDED BACK AT STAGING AREA. DURING INVESTIGATION, DETERMINED THE TAILBOOM JUST AFT OF THE UPPER LT ATTACHING POINT HAD A CRACK IN THE LONGERON.
- Difficulty date
- May 14, 2014
- Submitted
- May 15, 2014
- Operation
- General aviation
- Aircraft
- N1206G
- Make and model
- Bell UH1H
- Aircraft serial
- 6600786
- Aircraft time
- 13,750 hours, 1,480 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5302 · Rotorcraft Tail Boom
- Part
- Longeron
- Part number
- 2050308211
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Tail Boom
- Part time
- 8,000 hours
- Stage of operation
- HO
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- E
- Precautionary procedure
- A
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.