What was found
ON A PREFLIGHT, THE PILOT FOUND SMALL CRACKS ON EACH SIDE OF A RIVET ON THE END CAP OF A TAIL ROTOR BLADE. UPON REVIEW, THE ASSEMBLY WAS R & R. THIS ACFT HAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.
- Difficulty date
- August 26, 2015
- Submitted
- August 28, 2015
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N284AM
- Make and model
- Bell 407
- Aircraft serial
- 54528
- Aircraft time
- 121 hours, 331 cycles
- Engine
- Allsn 250C47B
- Engine time
- 121 hours, 331 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 6410 · Tail Rotor Blades
- Part
- Blade
- Part number
- 406016100119
- Part serial
- BH210509
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Tail Rotor
- Part time
- 121 hours, 331 cycles
- Component
- Tail Rotor Hub · Bell
- Component part number
- 407012101115
- 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.