What was found
TRIM TAB DISBONDED ON RED TAIL ROTOR BLADE. RESULTING IN APPROXIMATELY 1.25 INCH LONG SEPARATION.
- Difficulty date
- August 20, 2003
- Submitted
- August 22, 2003
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N820NA
- Make and model
- Snias AS350B3
- Aircraft serial
- 3602
- Aircraft time
- 953 hours, 1,946 cycles
- Engine
- Tmeca ARRIEL2B
- Engine time
- 953 hours, 1,743 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 6410 · Tail Rotor Blades
- Part
- Blade
- Part number
- 355A12005004
- Part serial
- 8851
- Condition
- Debonded
- Location
- Tail Rotor
- Part time
- 953 hours
- 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.