What was found
UPPER LH ATTACHMENT FITTING ON TAILBOOM RING IS CRACKED
- Difficulty date
- October 25, 2021
- Submitted
- October 25, 2021
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N285AE
- Make and model
- Bell 206L3
- Aircraft serial
- 51550
- Aircraft time
- 15,443 hours, 69,703 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5300 · Fuselage Structure (General)
- Part
- Ring
- Part number
- 206032400027S
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Tailboom Ring
- 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.