What was found
RIGHT UPPER TAIL STRUCTURE ATTACH FITTING HAD A CRACK ABOVE THE LOCK FASTENER.
- Difficulty date
- May 1, 2018
- Submitted
- June 29, 2018
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N139CN
- Make and model
- Agusta AW139
- Aircraft serial
- 41014
- Aircraft time
- 7,548 hours, 15,225 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5340 · Fuselage Main, Attach Fittings
- Part
- Attach Fitting
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Tailboom
- Part time
- 7,548 hours, 15,225 cycles
- Stage of operation
- NR
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.