What was found
DURING AN AAIP ZONE 10 INSPECTION, A CRACK WAS FOUND IN THE TAIL ROTOR GEARBOX ATTACH FITTING. CRACK IS LOCATED BELOW THE LT SIDE OF THE UPPER ATTACHMENT NUT FOR THE GEARBOX.
- Difficulty date
- September 13, 2013
- Submitted
- September 13, 2013
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N103VU
- Make and model
- Bolkms BK117C2
- Aircraft serial
- 9054
- Aircraft time
- 5,928 hours, 17,221 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5302 · Rotorcraft Tail Boom
- Part
- Attach Fitting
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Tail Boom
- Part time
- 5,928 hours, 17,221 cycles
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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