SDR QML2ML0373

Service difficulty report · Frame · Bolkms BK117B2

Difficulty date
June 17, 2011
Submitted
June 20, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N330SL
Make and model
Bolkms BK117B2
Aircraft serial
7216
Aircraft time
12,863 hours, 55,690 cycles
Part
Frame
Condition
Cracked
Location
Tail Boom
Component
Tail Boom · Bolkms
Component part number
11730102V002
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

DURING A VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE ACFT FOUND AN AREA ON THE TAILBOOM THAT LOOK LIKE CORROSION ON THE TAIL BOOM AT LT SIDE WL 2800 STA 6800. AFTER REMOVING THE TAIL BOOM AND INSPECTING THE WHOLE TAIL BOOM ASSEMBLY A CRACK WAS FOUND AT THE 10L FRAME BULKHEAD 1/8 IN LENGTH AT STA 9800 WL 3000. REPLACED TAIL BOOM ASSY.