What was found
DURING PREFLIGHT, MAIN ROTOR LOWER CONE SEAT WAS FOUND CRACKED.
- Difficulty date
- January 29, 2011
- Submitted
- February 2, 2011
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N457AL
- Make and model
- Bell 407
- Aircraft serial
- 53151
- Aircraft time
- 13,579 hours
- System (JASC)
- 6220 · Main Rotor Head
- Part
- Cone Seat
- Part number
- 407010104109
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Main Rotor
- Part time
- 8,103 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.