What was found
ON 3/16/06 DURING ANNUAL INSPECTION OF N6180T TAIL BOOM BULKHEAD P/N 350A21-1247-0051 WAS REMOVED DUE TO CRACK FOUND IN STRUCTURE. IT WAS REPLACED WITH A NEW COMPONENT, SAME P/N ON WORK ORDER 24-36502.
- Difficulty date
- March 16, 2004
- Submitted
- April 19, 2004
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N618OT
- Make and model
- Aerosp AS355*
- Aircraft serial
- 1149
- Aircraft time
- 4,015 hours, 4,416 cycles
- Engine
- Tmeca ARRIEL1B
- Engine time
- 4,918 hours
- System (JASC)
- 5302 · Rotorcraft Tail Boom
- Part
- Bulkhead
- Part number
- 350A2112470051
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Tailboom
- Part time
- 4,015 hours, 4,461 cycles
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.