Service difficulty report · Blade · Bell 206L4

Difficulty date
March 12, 2015
Submitted
August 5, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Bell 206L4
Part
Blade
Part number
A7017A6999
Condition
Damaged
Location
Main Rotor
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
E
Precautionary procedure
O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

(CAN) THE PILOT NOTED AN INCREASE IN VIBRATION. POST LANDING INSPECTION REVEALED A NR OF MID-SPAN STATION ALONG THE T/E OF BLADE WERE VOIDED AND THE SKIN SEPARATED FROM T/E EXTRUSION. AFTER THE ACFT SAT STATIC OVERNIGHT THE MECHANIC NOTED ADDITIONAL VOIDING AND SEPARATION OCCURRED OF THE OTBD 3 OF T/E OF SAME BLADE. UPON INSPECTION OF THE OPPOSING BLADE, IT WAS OBSERVED 1 BS WAS ALSO VOIDED AND SEPARATED.

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