What was found
(CAN) WHILE CONDUCTING A 600 HR DETAILED CHECK OF THE M/R HEAD AND M/R HEAD STARFLEX. REPLACEMENT 1 OF THE M/R ATTACH BOLTS WAS FOUND SHEARED AND CORRODED. BOLT HAS A LIFE OF 3000 HRS, TTSN = 2393.4, ALL 12 BOLTS REPLACED WITH NEW.
- Difficulty date
- September 21, 2012
- Submitted
- September 14, 2015
- Operation
- General aviation
- Make and model
- Snias AS350BA
- Engine
- Tmeca ARRIEL1B
- System (JASC)
- 6220 · Main Rotor Head
- Part
- Bolt
- Part number
- 350A37124420
- Condition
- Sheared
- Location
- Main Rotor Head
- Part time
- 2,393 hours
- 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.