# SDR 97ZZZX3979

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: August 26, 1997
- Submitted: March 26, 2000
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: N161KA
- Make and model: Kaman K-1200
- Registry model: [Kaman K-1200](https://openairdocs.org/model/kaman-aerospace-k-1200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: A940016
- System (JASC): [6210 · Main Rotor Blades](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/6210)
- Part: Blade
- Part number: K911001009
- Condition: Cracked
- Location: M/R
- Part time: 1,496 hours
- Stage of operation: IN
- Nature of condition: O
- Precautionary procedure: K
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97ZZZX3979

## Discrepancy

WHILE PERFORMING POST-FLIGHT INSPECTION, MECHANIC SAW WHAT APPEARED TO BE A CRACK IN THE UPPER SURFACE OF M/R BLADE SKIN.  UPON FURTHER INSPECTION, FOUND THE SKIN WAS CRACKED AS WELL AS A VOID HAD APPEARED UNDER THE AREA OF THE CRACK.

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