What was found
DURING A SCHEDULED INSPECTION, A 1.7500 INCH LONG CRACK WAS DISCOVERED ON THE LT SIDE OF THE AFT TAILBOOM, JUST ABOVE THE CUTOUT OPENING FOR THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER.
- Difficulty date
- March 4, 2009
- Submitted
- March 5, 2009
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N117AP
- Make and model
- Bolkms BK117B1
- Aircraft serial
- 7144
- Aircraft time
- 8,112 hours, 40,255 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5302 · Rotorcraft Tail Boom
- Part
- Skin
- Part number
- 16600101
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Tail Boom
- Part time
- 8,112 hours
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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