What was found
ON PREFLIGHT INSPECTION FOUND A CRACK IN THE TAIL ROTOR BLADE. CRACK APPEARS TO ORIGINATE FROM THE PN WINDOW AND EXTENDS APPROX 30 DEGREES FOR A LENGTH OF APPROXIMATELY ONE INCH TOWARDS 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
- 110
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Tail Rotor
- Part time
- 1,976 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.