What was found
WHILE PERFORMING A PREFLIGHT A CRACK WAS FOUND IN THE TAIL ROTOR BLADE NEAR THE DATA TAG.
- Difficulty date
- October 2, 2007
- Submitted
- October 2, 2007
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N117NC
- Make and model
- Bolkms BK117C1
- Aircraft serial
- 7517
- Aircraft time
- 4,669 hours, 11,617 cycles
- Engine
- Tmeca ARRIEL1
- System (JASC)
- 6410 · Tail Rotor Blades
- Part
- Blade
- Part number
- 117317411
- Part serial
- 340
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Tail Rotor
- Part time
- 2,216 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.