What was found
FOUND CRACK IN SKIN OF RT ELEVATOR. CRACK IS LOCATED AT THE AFT INBD BOTTOM SIDE OF THE ELEVATOR, JUST FWD OF THE RIVETS ATTACHING THE TAB.
- Difficulty date
- May 16, 2014
- Submitted
- May 24, 2014
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N390AL
- Make and model
- Bell 214ST
- Aircraft serial
- 28198
- Aircraft time
- 12,210 hours, 23,553 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5522 · Elevator, Plate/Skin
- Part
- Skin
- Part number
- 214021100106S
- Part serial
- A193
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Rt Elevator
- Part time
- 5,939 hours, 376 cycles
- Component
- Tailboom · Bell
- Component part number
- 214031003321
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.