What was found
CRACK FOUND IN LT UPPER ATTACHMENT TAILBOOM FITTING DURING 100 HOUR INSPECTION.
- Difficulty date
- December 8, 2022
- Submitted
- December 9, 2022
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N164AE
- Make and model
- Bell 206L4
- Aircraft serial
- 52494
- Aircraft time
- 2,742 hours, 4,730 cycles
- Engine
- Allsn 250C30P
- Engine time
- 12,212 hours, 23,667 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5302 · Rotorcraft Tail Boom
- Part
- Attach Fitting
- Part number
- 206032409001P
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Tailboom
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.