What was found
TAIL ROTOR DRIVE SHAFT HAS A VISUAL INDICATION OF CRACK ON AFT END OF SHAFT.
- Difficulty date
- April 18, 2012
- Submitted
- April 20, 2012
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N266AL
- Make and model
- Bell 206L4
- Aircraft serial
- 52281
- Aircraft time
- 10,870 hours
- System (JASC)
- 6510 · Tail Rotor Drive Shaft
- Part
- Drive Shaft
- Part number
- 206040385101
- Part serial
- BT360
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Zone 100
- Part time
- 9,678 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.