What was found
AFTER REMOVAL OF BLADE FITTINGS FOR NDT, CRACK DETECTED IN GRIP AREA.
- Difficulty date
- November 12, 2012
- Submitted
- November 16, 2012
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N779LF
- Make and model
- Bolkms BK117C2
- Aircraft serial
- 9103
- Aircraft time
- 2,599 hours, 8,089 cycles
- Engine
- Tmeca ARRIEL1E2
- System (JASC)
- 6210 · Main Rotor Blades
- Part
- Blade
- Part number
- B621M4001051
- Part serial
- 701
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- M/R Head
- Part time
- 2,599 hours, 8,089 cycles
- 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.