SDR 98ZZZX1705

Service difficulty report · Skin · Bell 407

Difficulty date
April 22, 1998
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N417AL
Make and model
Bell 407
Aircraft serial
53054
Part
Skin
Condition
Dented
Location
Tailboom
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

DURING PRE-FLIGHT INSPECTION, FOUND SHARP DENT IN LT SIDE OF TAILBOOM SKIN APPROXIMATELY 34.8750 INCH FORWARD OF THE AFT END OF THE TAILBOOM CAN AND APPROXIMATELY 2.25 INCH IN LENGTH. THE DENT APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY A TAIL ROTOR BLADE STRIKING THE TAILBOOM WHILE THE ROTORS WERE IN MOTION.

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