Service difficulty report · Attach Fitting · Bell 206L1

Difficulty date
August 23, 2015
Submitted
August 26, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N27AE
Make and model
Bell 206L1
Aircraft serial
45192
Aircraft time
31,054 hours, 31,925 cycles
Part
Attach Fitting
Part number
206032402001P
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fuselage
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

UPON INSPECTION OF TAIL BOOM, UPPER ATTACHMENT FITTING, IAW AD 2013-25-10 FOUND A CRACK THAT RAN ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE ATTACHMENT FITTING ON ONE SIDE THROUGH TWO RIVETS. THE RIVETS ARE THE TWO FWD MOST ON THE LOWER SIDE OF THE FITTING. CRACK APPEARS TO GO ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE METAL.

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