What was found
TAIL ROTOR GEARBOX CASTING PANEL & BULKHEAD ON TAILBOOM ASSEMBLY WAS FOUND CRACKED DURING ROUTINE INSPECTION. REPLACED PANEL & CASTING.
- Difficulty date
- July 28, 2006
- Submitted
- August 7, 2006
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N72Z
- Make and model
- Bell 206B
- Aircraft serial
- 3537
- Aircraft time
- 8,839 hours, 2,419 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5302 · Rotorcraft Tail Boom
- Part
- Bulkhead
- Part number
- 206037004115B
- Part serial
- CJN08396
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Tail Boom
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.