SDR HEEA956138

Service difficulty report · Frame · Bolkms BK117B2

Difficulty date
November 22, 1995
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N136AE
Make and model
Bolkms BK117B2
Aircraft serial
7234
Part
Frame
Part number
STA6616
Condition
Cracked
Location
Tailboom
Part time
1,157 hours
Stage of operation
IN
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

CRACKS DEVELOPED IN THE FRAME ALONG THE BOTTOM WHERE IT ATTACHES TO THE TAIL CONE SKIN. THE CRACKS TYPICALLY ORIGINATE FROM THE RIVETS AND RUN ALONG THE RIVET LINE. SOME CRACKS RUN BETWEEN RIVETS BUT DID NOT INTERSECT. OTHER CRACKS WENT TO THE EDGE. ONE CLIP ON THE RIGHT HAND LOWER POSITION WAS CRACKED IN THE SAME MANNER. THE RIGHT HAND REINFORCING ANGLE P/N 117-22122-001.02 ALSO HAD A CRACK IN THE BEND RADIUS. CRACKED ALSO DEVELOPED UNDER THE UPPER AFT ECU MOUNT. THE CRACKS WEREBETWEEN AND AROUND RIVETS THAT HOLD THE MOUNT TO THE TAIL CONE SKIN. THE CRACKS ARE IN THE SKIN. INSTALLED REINFORCING ANGLE ALONG THE BOTTOM OF THE FRAME ACCORDING TO SB BK117-20-101 AND ALSO REPLACED THE CLIP.