What was found
WHILE PERFORMING AN INSPECTION, CRACK IN LOWER SKIN AT T/B STA 153. STARTING AT EDGE OF SKIN, MEASURING 2.5 INCHES LONG, RUNNING THE CIRCUMFERENCE DIRECTION , POSSIBLY CAUSED BY ROUGH EDGE IN SKIN OR MAYBE A VIBRATION.
- Difficulty date
- March 28, 2004
- Submitted
- April 29, 2004
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N198H
- Make and model
- Bell 206B
- Aircraft serial
- 3647
- Engine
- Allsn 250C20B
- System (JASC)
- 5302 · Rotorcraft Tail Boom
- Part
- Skin
- Part number
- 206031004117S
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Tail Boom
- Part time
- 14,236 hours
- 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.