What was found
DURING ROUTINE DAILY INSPECTION FOUND RT UPPER SUPPORT FITTING, FIRST FORWARD SCREW CRACKED CRESCENT SHAPED 1 INCH TO 1.50 INCHES. THE DRAWING IS OF THE LT HAND CRACK, BUT THE RT HAND CRACK IS IN A SIMILAR LOCATION.
- Difficulty date
- August 21, 1998
- Submitted
- March 26, 2000
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N427AL
- Make and model
- Bell 407
- Aircraft serial
- 53107
- System (JASC)
- 5302 · Rotorcraft Tail Boom
- Part
- Support
- Part number
- 407023800118
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Tailboom
- Part time
- 1,988 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.