What was found
DURING REMOVAL OF HORIZONTAL STABILIZER FOR COMPLETION OF EASB 05A017 IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE UPPER RT STABILIZER ATTACHMENT FITTING WAS CRACKED.
- Difficulty date
- June 9, 2014
- Submitted
- June 12, 2014
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N335AM
- Make and model
- Urocop EC130B4
- Aircraft serial
- 7040
- Aircraft time
- 1,606 hours
- Engine
- Tmeca ARRIEL2B1
- Engine time
- 1,606 hours
- System (JASC)
- 5302 · Rotorcraft Tail Boom
- Part
- Attach Fitting
- Part number
- 350A23422220
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Tailboom
- Part time
- 1,607 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.