What was found
DURING INSPECTION, THE TAILBOOM UPPER LH ATTACHMENT FITTING WAS VISUALLY IDENTIFIED AS CRACKED.
- Difficulty date
- October 27, 2019
- Submitted
- October 29, 2019
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N440AE
- Make and model
- Bell 206L4
- Aircraft serial
- 52453
- Aircraft time
- 4,125 hours, 21,191 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5302 · Rotorcraft Tail Boom
- Part
- Attach Fitting
- Part number
- 206032409001
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Tailboom
- Component
- Tail Boom · Bell
- Component part number
- 206033004203RA
- 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.