- Difficulty date
- February 14, 2003
- Submitted
- February 21, 2003
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Make and model
- Bell 412
- Aircraft serial
- 33112
- Aircraft time
- 9,681 hours
- Part
- Blade
- Part number
- 412015300109
- Part serial
- A666
- Condition
- Damaged
- Location
- Main Rotor
- Part time
- 10,515 hours
- Stage of operation
- NR
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.
What was found
MAIN ROTOR BLADE IS TOO HEAVY, WILL NOT FLY, SUSPECT WATER IN THE CORE.
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