What was found
ON PREFLIGHT INSPECTION FOUND TAIL ROTOR BLADE CRACKED NEAR THE ROOT END OF THE BLADE. CRACK APPEARS TO ORIGINATE FROM THE OUTBOARD CORNER OF THE P/N PLACARD AREA AND EXTENDS APPROX 30 DEGREES TO THE TRAILING EDGE OF THE BLADE.
- Difficulty date
- April 29, 2002
- Submitted
- May 20, 2002
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N117SU
- Make and model
- Bolkms BK117C1
- Aircraft serial
- 7527
- Aircraft time
- 1,976 hours
- System (JASC)
- 6410 · Tail Rotor Blades
- Part
- Blade
- Part number
- 117317411
- Part serial
- 108
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Tail Rotor
- Part time
- 2,309 hours
- 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.