What was found
DURING BLADE REMOVAL FOR A5451 INSPECTION, FOUND CRACKS IN EROSION TAPE ON LE OF TWO BLADES. DETERMINED CRACKS WERE OUT OF LIMITS IAW MM.
- Difficulty date
- December 16, 2014
- Submitted
- December 18, 2014
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N407TX
- Make and model
- Bell 407
- Aircraft serial
- 53892
- Aircraft time
- 3,035 hours, 10,056 cycles
- Engine
- Allsn 250C47B
- Engine time
- 3,686 hours, 7,384 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 6210 · Main Rotor Blades
- Part
- Blade
- Part number
- 407015001137
- Part serial
- A4396A4368
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Main Rotor
- 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.