SDR K2DA20160107001

Service difficulty report · Blade · Hughes 369

Difficulty date: December 31, 2015
Submitted: January 7, 2016
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N506PH
Make and model: Hughes 369
Aircraft serial: 0375E
Aircraft time: 26,086 hours, 26,243 cycles
Engine: Allsn 250C20
System (JASC): 6410 · Tail Rotor Blades
Part: Blade
Part number: 500P3100105
Part serial: C700
Condition: Delaminated
Location: Tail Rotor
Part time: 998 hours
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.

What was found

DURING DAILY INSPECTION, AFTER THE DAYS FLIGHTS, ONE OF THE TAIL ROTOR BLADES WAS FOUND TO HAVE VARIOUS SPOTS, VARYING IN LENGTH FROM .5 INCHES TO 2 INCHES, WHERE THE LE WAS DELAMINATING FROM THE BLADE, PN 500P3100-105, SN C700. WE TAP TEST THE LE DAILY.

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