What was found
DURING INSPECTION OF TAIL ROTOR ACTUATOR AND SURROUNDING AREA FOUND CRACK ON LONGERON ABOVE AND TO THE LT OF THE ACTUATOR.
- Difficulty date
- September 25, 2012
- Submitted
- September 26, 2012
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N419MA
- Make and model
- Bell 222UT
- Aircraft serial
- 47518
- Aircraft time
- 13,700 hours
- Engine
- Lyc LTS101750C1
- System (JASC)
- 5302 · Rotorcraft Tail Boom
- Part
- Longeron
- Part number
- 222031471015
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Tail Boom
- Part time
- 13,700 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.