Service difficulty report · Structure · Bell 206L1

Difficulty date
August 19, 2015
Submitted
November 6, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N57491
Make and model
Bell 206L1
Aircraft serial
45505
Part
Structure
Condition
Cracked
Location
Tailboom
Component
Tailboom · Bell
Component part number
206033004045FM
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
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

ACFT WAS IN THE PROCESS OF A DAILY PREFLIGHT, DURING THE PREFLIGHT THE PILOT FOUND A CRACK ON THE TAILBOOM. THE CRACK WAS VALIDATED, IT IS 118.6250" AFT FROM THE TAILBOOM TO AIRFRAME ATTACHMENT BULKHEAD. THE LENGTH OF THE CRACK IS 1.6250". IT ORIIGINATES UNDER AN OVERLAPPED PIECE OF THE TAILBOOM SKIN FROM AN ATTACHING RIVET.

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