What was found
WHILE INSPECTING THE TAIL BOOM, FOUND THE CASTING FOR THE TAIL ROTOR GEARBOX CRACKED. AWAITNG ACFT MFG TO COME AND REPAIR.
- Difficulty date
- October 19, 2012
- Submitted
- October 19, 2012
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N117MK
- Make and model
- Bolkms BK117B2
- Aircraft serial
- 7196
- Aircraft time
- 10,391 hours, 42,316 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5302 · Rotorcraft Tail Boom
- Part
- Casting
- Part number
- 1053040212
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Tail Boom
- Component
- Tail Boom
- Component part number
- 1171712V004
- 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.