What was found
TAILROTOR ASSY SPAR CRACKED INTERNALLY. FOUND DURING MX.
- Difficulty date
- March 1, 2013
- Submitted
- March 4, 2013
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N106LN
- Make and model
- Snias AS350B3
- Aircraft serial
- 3251
- Aircraft time
- 7,507 hours
- Engine
- Tmeca ARRIEL2B1
- Engine time
- 6,629 hours
- System (JASC)
- 6420 · Tail Rotor Head
- Part
- Spar
- Part number
- 355A12005010
- Part serial
- 17224
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Tail Rotor
- Part time
- 7,507 hours, 24,424 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.