Service difficulty report · Mount · Bolkms BK117B2

Difficulty date
August 16, 2018
Submitted
August 17, 2018
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N270SL
Make and model
Bolkms BK117B2
Aircraft serial
7215
Aircraft time
16,491 hours, 77,864 cycles
Part
Mount
Part number
112030406
Condition
Cracked
Location
T/R Gearbox
Part time
16,491 hours, 77,864 cycles
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.

What was found

DURING A PREFLIGHT, A CRACK WAS NOTICED NEAR UPPER LEFT CORNER OF TAIL ROTOR GEARBOX MOUNTING PAD. INVESTIGATED A POSSIBLE CRACK AND CLEANED AREA OF PAINT. INSPECTED THE UNDERSIDE OF THE MOUNTING PAD. AFTER CLEANING AND REMOVING PAINT A LARGE NOTICEABLE CRACK WAS DISCOVERED ON UPPER HALF OF THE DOUBLER AND FITTING FOR THE T/R GEARBOX MOUNTING PAD.