What was found
DURING 200 HOUR ICA INSPECTION OF THE TAILBOOM MOUNTED BATTERY, FOUND A CRACK APPROX 1.5 INCHES IN LENGTH IN BATTERY TRAY SUPPORT.
- Difficulty date
- January 18, 2012
- Submitted
- January 23, 2012
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N397LG
- Make and model
- Snias AS350B3
- Aircraft serial
- 3268
- Aircraft time
- 5,977 hours
- Engine
- Tmeca ARRIEL2B
- Engine time
- 6,635 hours
- System (JASC)
- 2571 · Battery Box Structure
- Part
- Battery Box
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Tail Boom
- Part time
- 5,977 hours
- 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.