What was found
DURING AAIP A1660 600 HR SCHEDULED INSPECTION, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE STRINGER JUST BELOW THE BATTERY DOOR OPENING, IN THE TAIL BOOM HAS A CRACK APPROX 1 INCH IN LENGTH.
- Difficulty date
- August 3, 2015
- Submitted
- August 5, 2015
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N920U
- Make and model
- Urocop EC130B4
- Aircraft serial
- 3453
- Aircraft time
- 6,605 hours, 21,023 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5302 · Rotorcraft Tail Boom
- Part
- Stringer
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Tailboom
- 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.