What was found
DURING ROUTINE 100 HR INSPECTION A CRACK WAS FOUND RADIATING HORIZONTALLY FROM THE SECOND HOLE FROM THE ONE END AND ACROSS THE CORNER OF THE FIRST HOLE ON THE OPPOSITE HINGE END WITH A TOTAL SEPARATION OF THE HINGE CORNER METAL. (K)
- Difficulty date
- March 3, 2008
- Submitted
- August 5, 2008
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N818MH
- Make and model
- Urocop EC130B4
- Aircraft serial
- 4131
- Engine
- Tmeca ARRIEL2B1
- System (JASC)
- 5344 · Fuselage, Door Hinge
- Part
- Hinge
- Part number
- 350A58004523
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Door
- Part time
- 838 hours
- Stage of operation
- NR
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.