Service difficulty report · Skin · Bell 206B

Difficulty date
February 15, 2000
Submitted
April 14, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Bell 206B
Aircraft time
10,371 hours
Engine
Allsn 250C20
Part
Skin
Part number
206031117187
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fuselage
Part time
10,538 hours
Component
Fuselage Structu · Bell
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.

What was found

(CAN) FOLLOWING RECEIPT OF SERVICE DIFFICULTY ADVISORY AV-1999-03R1, AN INSPECTION REVEALED A CRACK IN THE BULKHEAD BELOW THE NUTPLATES. CRACK HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN REPAIRED WITH A PATCH BUT CRACK HAD SPREAD INTO AN ADJOINING STRUCTURAL PANEL. ANOTHER CRACK WAS ALSO LOCATED IN THE AFT LT BOX BEAM AREA ON THE SKIN.

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