What was found
AFTER REPLACING SEVERAL BROKEN NR 2 SIDE HYD LATCH HOOKS WITH AN UNREASONABLE SHORT FREQUENCY. TOOK BROKEN HOOK TO NDI SPECIALIST & INFORMED THAT LATCH WAS IMPROPERLY MANUFACTURED.
- Difficulty date
- April 11, 2015
- Submitted
- April 15, 2015
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N117CH
- Make and model
- Bolkms BK117B1
- Aircraft serial
- 7123
- Aircraft time
- 14,088 hours, 1 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 7110 · Engine Cowling System
- Part
- Cowl Latch
- Part number
- 1172322601
- Condition
- Mismanufactured
- Location
- Zone 200
- Part time
- 5 hours, 1 cycles
- Stage of operation
- TX
- 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.