SDR 95ZZZX6345

Service difficulty report · Frame · Bolkms BO105LSA3

Difficulty date
October 27, 1995
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N93LF
Make and model
Bolkms BO105LSA3
Aircraft serial
2038
Part
Frame
Part number
105300521
Condition
Cracked
Location
Strobe Power Pac
Part time
753 hours
Stage of operation
IN
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

INSP FND CRACK STARTED IN FRAME 11L LOWER LT MOUNTING BRACKET FOR STOBE POWER PACK. CRACK PROPAGATED TO LEFT & INTO OUTER SKIN OF TAILBOOM 2.50 INCHES FWD OF FRAME 11L. SUBMITTER STATED MTNG BKT WHERE CRACK STARTED STRESSED FRAME IN AREA OF POWER PACK MNT. MIDDLE OF FRAME HAS LARGE LIGHTNING HOLE THAT ELONGATES WITH CHANGING OF ANTI-TORQUE FORCES. MNT BKT ACROSS MIDDLE OF THAT HOLE PLACES UNDUE STRESS IN AREA OF MNTING BOLTS. SUBMITTER STATED FRAME 11L SHD BE INSP EVERY 25 HRS FOR CRACKS ADJ TO STROBE POWER PACK MNT BOLTS. TAILBOOM SKIN IN THIS AREA SHD BE INSP DAILY. SUBMITTER STATED OTHER BO105CBS ACFT DID NOT HAVE POWER SUPPLY MNT'D IN THIS AREA. SUBMITTER STATES THIS IS A BO105LS ARRANGEMENT ONLY.