What was found
FOUND 3 CRACKS (APPROX 1" EACH) IN SKIN OF TAILBOOM, WILL REMOVE AND REPLACE SKIN WITH NEW PART.
- Difficulty date
- June 4, 2013
- Submitted
- June 5, 2013
- Operation
- General aviation
- Filed by
- 2A6R933B
Air Methods, LLC - Aircraft
- N270SL
- Make and model
- Bolkms BK117B2
- Aircraft serial
- 7215
- Aircraft time
- 15,225 hours, 72,838 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5302 · Rotorcraft Tail Boom
- Part
- Skin
- Part number
- 11203010213
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Tail Boom
- Component
- Tail Boom · Urocop
- Component part number
- 11730102V002
- 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.