What was found
DURING REPLACEMENT OF MAIN TRANSMISSION STAY ASSEMBLY PN 117-11182-03 FOUND 5 CRACKS EMANATING FROM RIVETS NEAR THE AREA OF THE STAY ASSEMBLY.
- Difficulty date
- December 3, 2014
- Submitted
- December 5, 2014
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N163BK
- Make and model
- Bolkms BK117A4
- Aircraft serial
- 7063
- Aircraft time
- 11,725 hours, 51,907 cycles
- Engine
- Lyc LTS101*
- Engine time
- 10,267 hours, 21,895 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5320 · Fuselage Miscellaneous Structure
- Part
- Structure
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Fuselage
- Stage of operation
- UK
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.