What was found
UPPER LEFT TAILBOOM ATTACHMENT FITTING, TAILBOOM SIDE, CRACKED FROM EDGE TO EDGE ACROSS TWO FWD OUTBOARD RIVETS
- Difficulty date
- August 6, 2024
- Submitted
- August 12, 2024
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N563AE
- Make and model
- Bell 206L4
- Aircraft serial
- 52475
- Aircraft time
- 4,756 hours, 11,128 cycles
- Engine
- Allsn 250C30
- Engine time
- 10,371 hours, 16,150 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5302 · Rotorcraft Tail Boom
- Part
- Attach Fitting
- Part number
- 206033004203
- Part serial
- UNK
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Tailboom
- Part time
- 4,756 hours, 52,475 cycles
- Component
- Tailboom · Bell
- Component part number
- 206033004203
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.