# SDR 2014FA0000320

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: May 14, 2014
- Submitted: May 15, 2014
- Operation: General aviation
- Aircraft: N1206G
- Make and model: Bell UH-1H
- Registry model: [Bell UH-1H](https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-uh-1h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: 6600786
- Aircraft time: 13,750 hours, 1,480 cycles
- System (JASC): [5302 · Rotorcraft Tail Boom](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/5302)
- 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
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2014FA0000320

## Discrepancy

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.

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