What was found
90 DEGREE MOUNTING AREA, NOSE RIB 1AS HAS A CRACK, A .5" CRACK ON LOWER LET PORTION OF RIB.
- Difficulty date
- August 28, 2013
- Submitted
- August 28, 2013
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N238BK
- Make and model
- Bolkms BK117C2
- Aircraft serial
- 7238
- Aircraft time
- 11,151 hours
- Engine
- Lyc LTS101750B2
- System (JASC)
- 5302 · Rotorcraft Tail Boom
- Part
- Rib
- Part number
- B535M2071101
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Tail Boom
- Part time
- 224 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.