# SDR EVCA202308290023

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: August 28, 2023
- Submitted: August 29, 2023
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N299AE](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N299AE), registered now
- Make and model: Bell 206L-1
- Registry model: [Bell 206L-1](https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-helicopter-textron-206l-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: 45621
- Aircraft time: 14,889 hours, 28,122 cycles
- Engine: Allsn 250C30P
- Engine time: 10,470 hours, 13,256 cycles
- System (JASC): [7810 · Engine Collector/Tailpipe/Nozzle](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/7810)
- Part: Collector
- Part number: 6893075
- Condition: Cracked
- Location: Exhaust
- Stage of operation: IN
- How discovered: V
- Nature of condition: O
- Precautionary procedure: K
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/EVCA202308290023

## Discrepancy

TURBINE EXHAUST COLLECTOR HAS TWO-INCH CRACK LOCATED ON LH AFT SIDE OF COLLECTOR LOCATED 8.47 INCHES DOWN FROM EXHAUST DUCT MOUNTING FLANGE.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.