What was found
FOUND TAIL ROTOR BLADE CRACKED AT DRAIN HOLE DURING AAIP INSPECTION
- Difficulty date
- October 10, 2017
- Submitted
- October 12, 2017
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N247SM
- Make and model
- Bell 407
- Aircraft serial
- 53176
- Aircraft time
- 8,876 hours, 27,321 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 6410 · Tail Rotor Blades
- Part
- Blade
- Part number
- 406016100119
- Part serial
- A5877
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Tail Rotor
- Stage of operation
- NR
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.