Service difficulty report · Spar · Agusta A109E

Difficulty date
March 25, 2005
Submitted
April 14, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N144CF
Make and model
Agusta A109E
Aircraft serial
11144
Engine
Pwc PW206C
Part
Spar
Part number
109037017115
Part serial
A70273
Condition
Cracked
Location
Tailboom
Part time
1,391 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

A (4) INCH CRACK WAS DISCOVERED IN THE L/E SPAR DOUBLER OF THE VERTICAL FIN. ADDITIONALLY, (2) CRACKS WERE FOUND IN THE VERTICAL STABILIZER ASSY (NOT DETACHABLE). ONE CRACK MEASURED APPROX 5 INCHES AND ONE APPROXIMATELY 7 INCHES. A DETAIL BREAKDOWN OF THIS ASSEMBLY IS NOT PROVIDED AT OPERATOR LEVEL. PN OF INDIVIDUAL CRACKED COMPONENTS ARE NOT AVAILABLE TO THIS OPERATOR. THE APPROXIMATE LOCATION OF DAMAGED AREA IS STATION 9141, LB 1625. TAILBOOM IS BEING RETURNED TO MFG FOR REPAIR EVALUATION. (SW19200509233) (K)

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