# SDR HEEA060627

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: February 16, 1999
- Submitted: March 26, 2000
- Operation: General aviation
- Aircraft: [N107X](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N107X), registered now
- Make and model: Bell 412
- Registry model: [Bell 412](https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-412) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: 33113
- System (JASC): [5302 · Rotorcraft Tail Boom](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/5302)
- Part: Panel
- Part number: 205032811077A
- Condition: Mismanufactured
- Location: Tail Boom
- Component: 212030100121
- Stage of operation: IN
- Nature of condition: W
- Precautionary procedure: K
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/HEEA060627

## Discrepancy

PANEL ASSEMBLY MISMANUFACTURED.  CONTOUR OF PANEL DOES NOT FIT TAILBOOM ASSY.  WHEN PANEL IS PLACED AGAINST THE SIDE OF THE TAILBOOM, THERE IS A GAP OF APPROXIMATELY .25 INCH.  WHEN THE PANEL IS CLAMPED TO THE TAILBOOM TO ELIMINATE THIS GAP, THE UPPER AND LOWER ATTACH FLANGES ARE PUSHED AWAY FROM THE LONGERONS CREATING A .25 INCH GAP.

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