What was found
A CRACK WAS DISCOVERED PROPAGATING FROM THE FORWARD END OF THE TUBE PART OF THE CONTROL ROD, WHERE THE END IS RIVETED ON.
- Difficulty date
- November 21, 2017
- Submitted
- November 21, 2017
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N914TH
- Make and model
- Urocop EC135T2
- Aircraft serial
- 0440
- Aircraft time
- 3,172 hours, 16,461 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 6720 · Tail Rotor Control System
- Part
- Control Tube
- Part number
- L672M2005207
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Tailboom
- Part time
- 3,172 hours, 16,461 cycles
- 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.