What was found
DURING A SCHEDULED INSPECTION, A 0.5" LONG CRACK WAS DISCOVERED IN THE TRAILING EDGE OF THE COMPOSITE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER.THE CRACK WAS IN THE ALUMINUM TRAILING EDGE STRIP ANS ALSO IN THE COMPOSITE TRAILING EDGE.
- Difficulty date
- September 1, 2009
- Submitted
- September 3, 2009
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N370SS
- Make and model
- Bolkms BK117B2
- Aircraft serial
- 7133
- Aircraft time
- 14,380 hours, 64,591 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5302 · Rotorcraft Tail Boom
- Part
- Skin
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Tailboom
- Part time
- 14,380 hours, 64,591 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.