What was found
DURING A PREFLIGHT, THE TAILBOOM WAS FOUND TO HAVE A CRACK APPROXIMATELY 128MM LONG ON THE RIGHT SIDE.
- Difficulty date
- November 7, 2017
- Submitted
- November 17, 2017
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N568AM
- Make and model
- Snias AS350B2
- Aircraft serial
- 4462
- Aircraft time
- 4,248 hours, 11,436 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5302 · Rotorcraft Tail Boom
- Part
- Skin
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Tailboom
- Component
- Tailboom · Snias
- Component part number
- 350A2300000506
- 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.