What was found
FOUND CRACK IN AFT BATTERY DOOR FRAME. CRACK IS APPROXIMATELY ONE INCH LOCATED IN THE AFT UPPER CORNER STARTING AT THE OPENING EXTENDING ONE INCH DIAGONALLY.
- Difficulty date
- December 15, 2017
- Submitted
- December 19, 2017
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N507AM
- Make and model
- Snias AS350B3
- Aircraft serial
- 4711
- Aircraft time
- 2,983 hours, 6,966 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5302 · Rotorcraft Tail Boom
- Part
- Door Frame
- Part number
- 350A2300000706
- Part serial
- TB4966
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Tailboom
- Part time
- 2,983 hours, 6,966 cycles
- Stage of operation
- NR
- 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.