What was found
TAIL ROTOR BLADE HAS 4000 HOURS TBR(SLL). UNIT FAILED AT 2760.0 TTSN. MASSIVE SPAR CRACK ON LAMINATED SPAR. UNIT RETURNED TO MFG.
- Difficulty date
- July 23, 2003
- Submitted
- August 15, 2003
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N170PA
- Make and model
- Snias AS350B2
- Aircraft serial
- 2637
- System (JASC)
- 6410 · Tail Rotor Blades
- Part
- Blade
- Part number
- 355A12004008
- Part serial
- 8053
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Tail Rotor
- Part time
- 2,760 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.