What was found
UPPER LEFT HORIZONTAL FINLET ATTACHMENT FITTING IS CRACKED.
- Difficulty date
- September 21, 2012
- Submitted
- September 24, 2012
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N121AE
- Make and model
- Bell 206L1
- Aircraft serial
- 45690
- Aircraft time
- 26,230 hours, 43,293 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5302 · Rotorcraft Tail Boom
- Part
- Attach Fitting
- Part number
- 206023119063
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Tail Boom
- 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.