What was found
TAIL BOOM VERTICAL FIN OUTER SKIN WAS CRACKED AT THE TAIL ROTOR GEAR BOX CASTING ACCESS PANEL.
- Difficulty date
- November 9, 2011
- Submitted
- November 9, 2011
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N159LM
- Make and model
- Urocop BK117C1EURO
- Aircraft serial
- 7544
- Aircraft time
- 4,515 hours, 14,624 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5302 · Rotorcraft Tail Boom
- Part
- Skin Panel
- Part number
- 1173040338
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Tailboom
- Part time
- 4,515 hours, 14,624 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.