Service difficulty report · Bracket · Bolkms BK117C2

Difficulty date
December 18, 2009
Submitted
January 12, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N698ME
Make and model
Bolkms BK117C2
Aircraft serial
9069
Aircraft time
3,598 hours, 10,646 cycles
Engine
Tmeca ARRIEL1E2
Part
Bracket
Part number
11713902
Condition
Cracked
Location
Main Rotor Hub
Part time
3,598 hours, 10,646 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
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

FOUND 1 BRACKET OUT OF 4 THAT HOLD THE MAIN ROTOR HUB CAP ON TO THE MAIN ROTOR HEAD CRACKED. THIS BRACKET PN 117-13902. THE OLDER MODEL ACFT (A4,B1,B2 AND C1) HAD AN AD ATTACHED TO THIS PART YEARS AGO,THE BRACKET WAS BEEFED UP, THE PN CHANGED TO 117-13902 AND THE AD WAS NO LONGER APPLICABLE. THE CRACKS FOUND IN THE NEW THICKER BRACKETS ARE IN THE SAME PLACE THE AD ON THE OLD THINNER BRACKETS REQUIRED AN INSP.