What was found
DURING PREFLIGHT, AIRWORTHINESS CHECK, FOUND CRACKS ON THE MAIN ROTOR BLADES. INSTALLED IN THE BLUE & YELLOW POSITION.
- Difficulty date
- August 25, 2017
- Submitted
- August 25, 2017
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N566AM
- Make and model
- Snias AS350B2
- Aircraft serial
- 4404
- Aircraft time
- 3,653 hours, 7,985 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 6210 · Main Rotor Blades
- Part
- Blade
- Part number
- 355A11003004
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Main Rotor
- Part time
- 3,653 hours
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.