What was found
DURING INSPECTION OF TAILBOOM ATTACHMENT FITTINGS IAW AD 2013-25-10 IT WAS NOTED THAT TAILBOOM RING WAS CRACKED. CRACK MEASURED APPROXIMATELY 3.2 INCHES LONG AND EXTENDS THROUGH BOTH FLANGES OF TAILBOOM RING.
- Difficulty date
- September 12, 2017
- Submitted
- September 14, 2017
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N53AE
- Make and model
- Bell 206L1
- Aircraft serial
- 45300
- Aircraft time
- 31,894 hours, 72,854 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5302 · Rotorcraft Tail Boom
- Part
- Bulkhead
- Part number
- 206032400027
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Tailboom
- 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.