# SDR 99ZZZX908

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: March 8, 1999
- Submitted: March 26, 2000
- Operation: General aviation
- Aircraft: [N547AL](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N547AL), registered now
- Make and model: Bell 407
- Registry model: [Bell 407](https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-helicopter-textron-canada-407) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: 53240
- System (JASC): [5302 · Rotorcraft Tail Boom](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/5302)
- Part: Skin
- Condition: Cracked
- Location: Tailboom
- Stage of operation: IN
- How discovered: V
- Nature of condition: O
- Precautionary procedure: K
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/99ZZZX908

## Discrepancy

AFTER FINAL FLIGHT OF THE DAY DURING POST-FLIGHT INSPECTION, A CRACK IN THE TAILBOOM, PN 407-030-801-101, SN 53239, TT:  1,621.3 HOURS, WAS FOUND.  THE CRACK INITITATED FROM THE FORWARD EDGE OF THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER MOUNT AREA.  THE TAILBOOM IS CURRENTLY HELD AT THE AIR LOGISTICS, LLC FACILITY IN NEW IBERIA, LA.

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