What was found
A CRACK DEVELOPED IN THE TAILBOOM SKIN AT APPROXIMATELY STA 9725, WL 1895, LT SIDE EMANATING FROM A RIVET FORE AND AFT WITH A TOTAL LENGTH OF APPROX 79 MM.
- Difficulty date
- October 31, 2008
- Submitted
- November 25, 2008
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N820NA
- Make and model
- Agusta A119
- Aircraft serial
- 14011
- Aircraft time
- 3,885 hours, 11,065 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa PT6B37A
- Engine time
- 2,954 hours, 5,547 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5302 · Rotorcraft Tail Boom
- Part
- Skin
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Tailboom
- Component
- Tail Boom · Agusta
- Component part number
- 109037043205
- Stage of operation
- AA
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.