What was found
VAN HORN MAIN ROTOR BLADE INBOARD TAB ATTACHMENT TO BLADE SURFACE HAS CRACKS AT BOTH INBOARD AND OUTBOARD ATTACH POINTS ON BOTH UPPER AND LOWER BLADE SURFACES.
- Difficulty date
- January 11, 2023
- Submitted
- January 11, 2023
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N138AE
- Make and model
- Bell 206L1
- Aircraft serial
- 45782
- Aircraft time
- 21,250 hours, 37,309 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 6210 · Main Rotor Blades
- Part
- Blade
- Part number
- 20633000101
- Part serial
- A237
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Main Rotor
- Part time
- 310 hours
- 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.