What was found
CRACKS FOUND ON ONE TAIL ROTOR BLADE TIP AREA.
- Difficulty date
- August 7, 2017
- Submitted
- August 11, 2017
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N409LM
- Make and model
- Bell 407
- Aircraft serial
- 54621
- Aircraft time
- 4,134 hours, 1,279 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 6410 · Tail Rotor Blades
- Part
- Blade
- Part number
- 406016100119
- Part serial
- BH353746
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Tail Rotor
- Part time
- 414 hours, 1,279 cycles
- Component
- Assembliy · Bell
- Component part number
- 407012100113
- 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.