What was found
2 CRACKS WERE FOUND IN THE TAILCONE OF AIRCRAFT DURING A 1200 HOUR INSPECTION ON A SECTION OF FRAME AT STATION 6616 AND THE ATTACHED DOUBLER. THESE CRACKS WERE REPAIRED AND DOCUMENTED ON AN FAA FORM 337 DATED 01/29/2019.
- Difficulty date
- January 10, 2019
- Submitted
- February 7, 2019
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N145SJ
- Make and model
- Bolkms BK117C2
- Aircraft serial
- 9091
- Aircraft time
- 4,617 hours, 13,331 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5302 · Rotorcraft Tail Boom
- Part
- Frame
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Tailcone
- Part time
- 4,617 hours, 13,331 cycles
- Stage of operation
- NR
- 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.