What was found
WHILE INSPECTING THE AIRFRAME FOUND THE MAIN SPAR OF THE TAIL BOOM CHAFED BY THE VERTICAL TAIL FAIRING. HAD TO SEND THE TAIL BOOM FOR REPAIR.
- Difficulty date
- June 15, 2010
- Submitted
- June 15, 2010
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N880SL
- Make and model
- Bolkms BK117B2
- Aircraft serial
- 7130
- Aircraft time
- 10,749 hours, 42,187 cycles
- Engine
- Lyc LTS101*
- System (JASC)
- 5302 · Rotorcraft Tail Boom
- Part
- Spar
- Part number
- 105304061
- Condition
- Chafed
- Location
- Tail Boom
- Part time
- 10,749 hours, 42,817 cycles
- Component
- Tail Boom
- Component part number
- 11730052V001
- 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.