What was found
DURING INSPECTION, STIFFENER NEAR TAIL BOOM ATTACH INSPECTION PANEL FOUND TO BE CRACKED.
- Difficulty date
- September 8, 2015
- Submitted
- September 17, 2015
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N206PL
- Make and model
- Bell 206B
- Aircraft serial
- 3902
- Aircraft time
- 5,289 hours, 8,979 cycles
- Engine
- Allsn 250C20J
- Engine time
- 5,289 hours, 2,505 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5320 · Fuselage Miscellaneous Structure
- Part
- Stiffener
- Part number
- 206031003040
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Fuselage
- 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.