What was found
2 CRACKS FOUND ON TAILBOOM BULKHEAD. CRACKS GENERATED FROM THE HOLES FOR T/R GEARBOX STUDS, FOUND DURING TAIL ROTOR GEAR BOX ATTACHMENT CHECK ON 300 HOUR AIRFRAME INSPECTION.
- Difficulty date
- May 3, 2011
- Submitted
- September 9, 2011
- Operation
- General aviation
- Make and model
- Bell 206B
- Aircraft time
- 16,360 hours
- Engine
- Allsn 250C20
- System (JASC)
- 5302 · Rotorcraft Tail Boom
- Part
- Bulkhead
- Part number
- 206030446001F
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Tailboom
- Part time
- 16,765 hours
- Component
- Tailboom · 031004159
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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