What was found
FOUND TAILBOOM FITTING CRACKED COMPLETELY THROUGH WHERE LT AFT 90 DEGREES GEARBOX STUD ATTACHES.
- Difficulty date
- January 13, 2003
- Submitted
- January 14, 2003
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N1078Y
- Make and model
- Bell 206B3
- Aircraft serial
- 2924
- Aircraft time
- 19,034 hours
- System (JASC)
- 5302 · Rotorcraft Tail Boom
- Part
- Fitting
- Part number
- 206030446001F
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Tailboom
- Part time
- 15,510 hours
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.