What was found
DURING PREFLIGHT, FOUND CRACK ON RT UPPER HORIZONTAL STABILIZER. MEASURED CRACK AT 70MM. AEC CRITERIA FOR BEYOND REPAIR IS 60MM.
- Difficulty date
- June 3, 2013
- Submitted
- June 4, 2013
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N350DH
- Make and model
- Snias AS350B2
- Aircraft serial
- 3567
- Aircraft time
- 4,696 hours, 18,816 cycles
- Engine
- Tmeca ARRIEL1D1
- Engine time
- 4,319 hours, 14,185 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5512 · Horizontal Stabilizer, Plate/Skin
- Part
- Skin
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Horizontal Stab
- Component
- Horizontal Stab
- Component part number
- 355A05200303
- 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.