What was found
DURING ROUTINE INSPECTION NUMBER 1 TAIL ROTOR DRIVESHAFT HANGAR BEARING MOUNT WAS FOUND TO BE CRACKED ON INSIDE OF TAILBOOM, LEFT SIDE. OPEN
- Difficulty date
- December 15, 2016
- Submitted
- December 20, 2016
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N9YTKD
- Make and model
- Agusta AW139
- Aircraft serial
- 41398
- Aircraft time
- 2,286 hours
- System (JASC)
- 5302 · Rotorcraft Tail Boom
- Part
- Hanger Assy
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Tail Boom
- Part time
- 2,286 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.