NTSB Recommendations Target Robinson Helicopter Blades

The NTSB recommended that the main rotor blades on thousands of Robinson helicopters be inspected at intervals of less than 600 hours because of four incidences of rotor blade skin debonding. The Safety Board said, "in all four cases, the debonding occurred before the rotor blade's retirement life...

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