What was found
DURING INSPECTION, FOUND A CRACK IN THE TAILBOOM VERTICAL FIN MAIN SPAR. OPEN.
- Difficulty date
- November 16, 2011
- Submitted
- November 17, 2011
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N420MB
- Make and model
- Bolkms BK117A3
- Aircraft serial
- 7077
- Aircraft time
- 13,065 hours, 45,728 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5302 · Rotorcraft Tail Boom
- Part
- Spar
- Part number
- 11203406
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Tailboom
- Part time
- 13,065 hours, 45,728 cycles
- 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.