What was found
DURING A 300 HOUR INSPECTION OF THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER, FOUND THE UPPER RT ATTACH FITTING BROKEN, AND THE FRAME IN THE TAILBOOM CRACKED.
- Difficulty date
- March 17, 2018
- Submitted
- March 19, 2018
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N259AM
- Make and model
- Urocop EC130B4
- Aircraft serial
- 7050
- Aircraft time
- 2,937 hours, 9,998 cycles
- Engine
- Tmeca ARRIEL2B1
- Engine time
- 2,937 hours, 9,998 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5302 · Rotorcraft Tail Boom
- Part
- Frame
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Tailboom
- Part time
- 2,937 hours, 9,998 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.