SDR HEEA967495

Service difficulty report · Crosstube · Bell 412

Difficulty date
July 2, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N3893P
Make and model
Bell 412
Aircraft serial
33012
Part
Crosstube
Part number
412050010107
Condition
Failed
Location
Mlg
Part time
6,277 hours
Stage of operation
LD
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

UPON LANDING AT OFFSHORE PLATFORM, AS COLLECTIVE WAS BEING LOWERED, LOUD CRACK WAS HEARD AND AIRCRAFT SETTLED RIGHT, REAR. POWER WAS APPLIED (COLLECTIVE), IN A HOVER MECHANIC ON PLATFORM CONFIRMED BROKEN CROSSTUBE. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SHORE BASEAND LANDED ON JACKS PRIOR TO SHUTDOWN. CROSSTUBE IN THREE PIECES.

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