What was found
CRACK FOUND IN SPLICE WHILE PERFORMING SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE ON AIRCRAFT. NO EVIDENCE OF ANY NICKS OR DAMAGE THAT MIGHT HAVE CAUSED CRACK. SUSPECT CRACK WAS CAUSED BY FATIGUE.
- Difficulty date
- February 22, 2017
- Submitted
- February 24, 2017
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N154AM
- Make and model
- Bolkms BK117B2
- Aircraft serial
- 7154
- Aircraft time
- 11,435 hours, 40,558 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5302 · Rotorcraft Tail Boom
- Part
- Splice
- Part number
- 1172213201
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Tailboom
- Part time
- 40,558 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.