What was found
DURING AN AFTER LAST FLIGHT CHECK, A CRACK WAS FOUND ON THE TAIL ROTOR BLADE RUNNING PARALLEL WITH THE T/E, ADJACENT TO THE CHORDWISE BALANCE WEIGHT.
- Difficulty date
- May 6, 2011
- Submitted
- September 9, 2011
- Operation
- General aviation
- Make and model
- Bell 206B
- Aircraft time
- 14,461 hours
- Engine
- Allsn 250C20
- System (JASC)
- 6210 · Main Rotor Blades
- Part
- Blade
- Part number
- 206016201131
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Tail Rotor
- Part time
- 1,723 hours
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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