What was found
FOUND .5 IN CRACK IN BULKHEAD ASSY LOCATED AT APPROX STA 185 IN TAILBOOM. CRACK WAS IN THE CTR RT PORTION OF THE FRAME.
- Difficulty date
- January 28, 2011
- Submitted
- February 3, 2011
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N397AL
- Make and model
- Bell 412
- Aircraft serial
- 36012
- Aircraft time
- 13,421 hours, 36,448 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa PT6T3B
- System (JASC)
- 5302 · Rotorcraft Tail Boom
- Part
- Bulkhead
- Part number
- 205032828009
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Tailboom
- Part time
- 13,421 hours
- 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.