What was found
DURING POST FLIGHT INSPECTION, PILOT DISCOVERED A CRACK IN A MAIN ROTOR BLADE STARTING AT THE TRAILING EDGE AND CONTINUING FORWARD TO THE SPAR.
- Difficulty date
- March 29, 2009
- Submitted
- March 30, 2009
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N708M
- Make and model
- Bell 206L3
- Aircraft serial
- 51186
- Aircraft time
- 8,188 hours, 35,521 cycles
- Engine
- Allsn 250C30P
- Engine time
- 7,772 hours, 12,101 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 6210 · Main Rotor Blades
- Part
- Blade
- Part number
- 206015001115
- Part serial
- A5536
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Main Rotor
- Part time
- 1,534 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.