What was found
AFTER ACFT ARRIVAL AT BASE, TROUBLESHOOTING AN UNRELATED DISCREPANCY. DURING WALKAROUND, FOUND A CRACK IN THE UPPER VERTICAL STABILIZER, FWD OF THE SPAR ON THE LOWER FRAME.
- Difficulty date
- June 21, 2012
- Submitted
- June 25, 2012
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N3831
- Make and model
- Snias AS350B3
- Aircraft serial
- 3947
- Aircraft time
- 5,024 hours, 10,061 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5302 · Rotorcraft Tail Boom
- Part
- Skin
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Tailboom
- Stage of operation
- TX
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.