Service difficulty report · Mount · Bolkms BK117B2

Difficulty date
February 26, 2018
Submitted
February 27, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N270SL
Make and model
Bolkms BK117B2
Aircraft serial
7215
Aircraft time
16,422 hours, 77,616 cycles
Part
Mount
Condition
Cracked
Location
Fuselage
Stage of operation
UK
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

THIS AIRCRAFT REMAINS OUT OF SERVICE AT THE TIME OF THIS SUBMISSION. TOP FWD ECU MOUNT TOP FIVE RIVETS SHEARED AND GUSSET CRACKED. TOP AFT MOUNT AND GUSSET FOUND ATTACHED WITH 6/32 SCREWS AND NUTPLATES, RUBBER SHIMS FOUND UNDER THE MOUNT, AND TWO SCREWS SHEARED. BOTTOM AFT MOUNT FOUR RIVETS FOUND SHEARED BETWEEN THE GUSSET AND MOUNT.