What was found
DURING A PREFLIGHT AIRWORTHINESS CHECK, FOUND CRACK IN THE UPPER AFT CORNER OF DOUBLER AROUND THE OPENING OF THE BATTERY COMPARTMENT IN THE TAILBOOM. CRACK MEASURED 1 3/8 INCHES IN LENGTH
- Difficulty date
- February 26, 2018
- Submitted
- February 27, 2018
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N425AM
- Make and model
- Urocop EC130B4
- Aircraft serial
- 7264
- Aircraft time
- 2,245 hours, 7,595 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5302 · Rotorcraft Tail Boom
- Part
- Doubler
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Tailboom
- 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.