# SDR 2018FA0000062

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: February 20, 2018
- Submitted: February 20, 2018
- Operation: General aviation
- Aircraft: [N6974A](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6974A), registered now
- Make and model: Snias AS350B3
- Aircraft serial: 7459
- Aircraft time: 1,786 hours
- System (JASC): [5302 · Rotorcraft Tail Boom](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/5302)
- Part: Spar
- Part serial: 7459
- Condition: Chafed
- Location: Tail Boom
- Part time: 1,786 hours
- Stage of operation: IN
- How discovered: V
- Nature of condition: O
- Precautionary procedure: K
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2018FA0000062

## Discrepancy

WHILE PERFORMING A 500HR VERTICAL STABILIZER ANTI-COLLISION LIGHT CONDUIT CLAMP INSPECTION,    DAMAGE WAS FOUND. THE FASTENER FOR THE UPPER CONDUIT CLAMP WAS PULLED THROUGH THE SPAR. THE HOLE MEASURES 7/32 X 5/16, THE WASHER THAT IS ON THE HEAD SIDE OF THE RIVET CHAFED INTO THE SPAR, APPROX. .020 DEEP.

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