What was found
DURING POST FLIGHT PILOT WALK AROUND, NOTED UPPER CAP OF VERTICAL STABILIZER DEPARTED IN FLIGHT. EXPOSED WIRING WAS VISIBLE.
- Difficulty date
- June 16, 2025
- Submitted
- June 17, 2025
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N429LF
- Make and model
- Bell 429
- Aircraft serial
- 57386
- Aircraft time
- 2,276 hours, 6,544 cycles
- Engine
- Pwc PW207D
- Engine time
- 2,276 hours, 5,686 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5530 · Vertical Stabilizer
- Part
- Cap
- Part number
- 429035708101
- Condition
- Broken
- Location
- Zone 300
- Part time
- 2,276 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.