Service difficulty report · Main Rotor · Bell 212

Difficulty date
July 30, 2000
Submitted
August 30, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Bell 212
Aircraft time
15,043 hours
Engine
Pwa PT6T3
Part
Main Rotor
Part number
212015501115
Condition
Cracked
Location
Trailing Edge
Part time
1,812 hours
Component
Main Rotor Blade
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) WHILE WASHING THE M/R BLADES THE WASHER ON THE UNDERSIDE OF M/R BLADE A-1567 THAT THE SOAP BUBBLED AS PUSHED UP ON THE BLADE. FURTHER INVESTIGATION FOUND A CRACK RUNNING CHORDWISE FROM THE AFT EDGE OF THE SPAR TO ABOUT 4 INCHES FORWARD OF THE TRAILING EDGE, 68 INCHES FROM THE TIP OF BLADE. SUBMITTER STATED THIS CRACK SEEMED TO HAVE ORIGINATED FROM A PREVIOUS REPAIR.

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