What was found
UPPER L/H TAILBOOM ATTACHMENT FITTING CRACKED
- Difficulty date
- October 27, 2025
- Submitted
- October 28, 2025
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N434AE
- Make and model
- Bell 206L4
- Aircraft serial
- 52450
- Aircraft time
- 7,668 hours, 14,034 cycles
- Engine
- Allsn 250C30P
- Engine time
- 3,942 hours, 7,230 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5302 · Rotorcraft Tail Boom
- Part
- Fitting
- Part number
- 206032409001
- Condition
- Installed
- Location
- Tailboom
- 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.