Service difficulty report · Attach Fitting · Snias AS350B

Difficulty date
April 4, 2000
Submitted
January 19, 2001
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Snias AS350B
Aircraft time
9,583 hours
Engine
Tmeca ARRIEL1B
Part
Attach Fitting
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fuse To Tailboom
Part time
9,601 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.

What was found

(CAN) CRACK FOUND ON THE FUSELAGE TO TAILBOOM ATTACHMENT FLANGE. CRACK LOCATED (LOOKING FORWARD) AT 2:30 POSITION ON RIGHT SIDE. CRACK LENGTH WAS APROXIMATELY 3.5 CM LONG AND ABOUT 2 MM FROM EDGE. THE TORQUE ON FUS/TAILBOOM ATTACH BOLTS WERE UNKNOWN AT THE TIME OF TAILBOOM REMOVAL (RE: CF-93-12R1).