What was found
BLADE IS CRACKED. (REMOVED TO COMPLY WITH 500 HOUR INSPECTION - FOUND SEVERAL CRACKS ON THE TITANIUM STRIP WITH SEPARATION. THE CRACK AT STATION 123" HAS MULTIPLE BRANCHES.
- Difficulty date
- October 10, 1996
- Submitted
- March 26, 2000
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N15460
- Make and model
- Skrsky S76A
- Aircraft serial
- 760223
- System (JASC)
- 6210 · Main Rotor Blades
- Part
- Blade
- Part number
- 7615009100051A
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- M/R
- Part time
- 7,237 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.