What was found
DURING ROUTINE AIRWORTHINESS CHECK FOUND 2 CRACKS IN THE L/E OF ONE OF THE MAIN ROTOR BLADES.
- Difficulty date
- January 12, 2011
- Submitted
- January 13, 2011
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N407UH
- Make and model
- Bell 407
- Aircraft serial
- 53345
- Aircraft time
- 5,971 hours, 21,465 cycles
- Engine
- Allsn 250C47B
- Engine time
- 5,635 hours, 14,573 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 6210 · Main Rotor Blades
- Part
- Blade
- Part number
- 407015001137
- Part serial
- A3633
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Main Rotor
- Part time
- 1,679 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.