What was found
TAILBOOM VERTICAL FIN MAIN SPAR CRACKED AT UPPER LIGHTNING HOLE NEAR TAIL ROTOR GEARBOX MOUNT.
- Difficulty date
- September 25, 2007
- Submitted
- October 1, 2007
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N136AE
- Make and model
- Bolkms BK117B2
- Aircraft serial
- 7234
- Aircraft time
- 6,662 hours, 26,452 cycles
- Engine
- Lyc LTS101*
- System (JASC)
- 5302 · Rotorcraft Tail Boom
- Part
- Spar
- Part number
- 112030406
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Vertical Stab
- Part time
- 7,519 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.