What was found
DURING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, CRACK WAS VISUALLY FOUND ON THE MAIN TRANSMISSION DECK STRUCTURE. CRACK WAS REPAIRED UTILIZING STANDARD REPAIR PROCEDURES.
- Difficulty date
- September 17, 2020
- Submitted
- September 18, 2020
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N491AE
- Make and model
- Bell 407
- Aircraft serial
- 53290
- Aircraft time
- 7,999 hours, 25,251 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5310 · Fuselage Main, Structure
- Part
- Xmsn Deck
- Part number
- 407030401101
- Condition
- Cracked
- 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.