Service difficulty report · Skin · Bell 206B

Difficulty date
September 12, 2006
Submitted
May 1, 2007
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Bell 206B
Aircraft time
16,777 hours
Engine
Allsn 250C20
Part
Skin
Part number
80011P12F20
Condition
Cracked
Location
Tailboom
Part time
15,442 hours
Component
Vertical Fin · Bell
Component part number
206020113007
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
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 CARRYING OUT ASB 206-06-107, FIN WAS REMOVED AND A FIN ATTACHMENT INSERT P/N 80-011-P12F2-0 WAS FOUND CRACKED. AFTER REMOVAL OF THE CRACKED INSERT, THE IB SKIN BELOW WAS FOUND TO HAVE SEVERAL CRACKS PROPAGATING UNDERNEATH THE DOUBLER. THE IB DOUBLER WAS REMOVED AND A TOTAL OF APPROXIMATELY 6 CRACKS WAS FOUND, ONE OF WHICH WAS 3 INCHES IN LENGTH. THE FIN WAS REPLACED. (TC NR 20060913003)

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