What was found
POST FLIGHT INSP DISCOVERED AN APPARENT CRACK IN THE MAST IN THE QUADRANT ABOVE THE SWASHPLATE.
- Difficulty date
- May 18, 2008
- Submitted
- May 19, 2008
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N116AE
- Make and model
- Bell 206L1
- Aircraft serial
- 54632
- Aircraft time
- 11,846 hours, 20,218 cycles
- Engine
- Allsn 250C30P
- Engine time
- 1,938 hours, 1,736 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 6230 · Main Rotor Mast/Swashplate
- Part
- Mast
- Part number
- 206040535005
- Part serial
- FA00869
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Main Rotor
- Part time
- 4,505 hours, 21,832 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.