JASC 6210
Service difficulty reports · 1,561
Reports filed under 6210 · Main Rotor Blades, newest first.
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SDR QMLA2016051816049Blade · crackedDURING AN AIRWORTHINESS CHECK, PRE-FLIGHT INSPECTION, A 2" CRACK WAS FOUND ON THE GREEN M/R BLADE CUFF T/E; 10" FROM THE CUFF EDGE.
SDR 2016FA0000182Blade · delaminatedDURING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE APROXIMATELY 1" INBD FROM THE TIP ON THE TOP OF THE MAIN ROTOR BLADE, PN 500P2100-105, SN 907B A .5" X .5" DELAMINATION WAS FOUND ON THE STAINLESS STEEL L/E OF THE BLADE. THE BLADE WAS REMOVED FROME THE ACFT AT THIS TIME.SDR HDNA2016031100002Abrasion Strip · crackedDURING INSPECTION A CRACK WAS FOUND ON THE LE ABRASION STRIP, 132 INCHES FROM THE CTR OF THE PRIMARY BOLT HOLE.SDR 9EKA20160224002Blade · crackedMAIN ROTOR BLADE HAS A 2 INCH CRACK IN THE CHORD DIRECTION OF THE TIP SHOE, CAUSED FROM EROSION, AS A RESULT FROM UNIMPROVED LANDING ZONES.SDR 2016FA0000080Blade · cracked4.5 INCH CRACK IN THE UPPER AND LOWER MAIN ROTOR BLADE SKIN AT BS 91.SDR QMLA2016020116004Blade · crackedTHE PILOT FOUND A 6 INCH FISHER CRACK, 5' FROM BLADE ROOT ON THE TOP SIDE OF MR BLADE, DURING AN AIRWORTHINESS CHECK. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION, THERE WAS ALSO FOUND TO BE SOME DELAMINATION AROUND THE CRACK & FURTHER OUT ABOUT 8' ON TOP OF THE BLADE. THIS ASDR CA160126012Blade · cracked(CAN) POST FLIGHT INSPECTION REVEALED A CRACK IN THE UNDER SIDE AND AFT FACE OF THE POCKET SKIN OF THE BLADE AT APPROXIMATELY 48" OTBD OF THE CUFF. MFG HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.SDR HEER20160119122Blade · damagedAFTER LANDING POST FLIGHT INSPECTION REVEALED DAMAGE TO UNDERSIDE NEAR TIP OF WHITE MAIN ROTOR BLADE. FOUND YELLOW TAIL ROTOR BLADE EROSION SHIELD EXTENSION BROKE OFF AT ATTACHMENT LOCATION.SDR CA160120019Abrasion Strip · missing(CAN) MAIN ROTOR BLADE ABRASION STRIP SEPARATED FROM BLADE WHILE IN FLIGHT. VIBRATION CAUSED BY IMBALANCED ROTOR DISK REQUIRED RETURN TO BASE. ACFT WAS SHUTDOWN. NO FURTHER DAMAGE TO ACFT NOTED. REMAINING 4 ROTOR BLADES HAVE SAME HRS FLOWN AND HAVE BEEN RESDR R81R2016FA0000014Abrasion Strip · departedPILOT REPORTED NOISE THEN IMMEDIATE SEVERE VIBRATION WHILE TRANSITIONING FROM HOVER TO FWD FLIGHT APPORXIMATELY 12" ABOVE GROUND TO ROTOR. ACFT WAS LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. UPON ARRIVAL, ACFT WAS INSPECTED FOR ABNORMALITIES. FOUND MAIN ROTOR BLADE L/E ABRASDR 2015FA0000613Blade · out of balanceDURING A MAINTENANCE GROUND RUN OPERATION A HIGH LATERAL VIBRATION WAS ENCOUNTERED AND THE ACFT WAS SHUTDOWN. IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT WATER HAD ENTERED THE BLADE DURING A HEAVY RAINFALL THE NIGHT BEFORE. ATTEMPTS TO REMOVE THE WATER WERE UNSUCCESSFUL AND THE SDR CA150817015Blade · debonded(CAN) EROSION STRIP ON OTBD LOWER BLADE DEBONDED AND PEELED BACK CAUSING A SUBSTANTIAL VERTICAL VIBRATION. PILOT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT AND BLADE WAS TEMPORARILY REPAIRED AND FLOWN BACK TO BASE FOR BLADE REPLACEMENT UNDER GRANTED FLIGHT AUTHORITY.SDR CA150807004Blade · damaged(CAN) MAIN ROTOR BLADE, VOID DISCOVERED WHILE CARRYING OUT AD 2011-12-10/SB 72A, TAP TEST. HELICOPTER GROUNDED. NEW BLADES ON ORDER.SDR QMLA2015053001504Blade · crackedCRACK FOUND IN MAIN ROTOR BLADE BY PILOT DURING PRE-FLIGHT. CRACK IS ON THE RED MAIN ROTOR BLADE, APPROX 3/4 INCHES LONG, CHORDWISE. BEGINNING APPROX 4 INCHES OTBD OF THE ROOT END OF THE BLADE. ACFT PLACED IN AOG STATUS IMMEDIATELY. CONTACTED SUPPORT FOR GSDR CA150617020Blade · damaged(CAN) PILOT WAS ON APPROACH BACK TO FORESTRY BASE, 1.5 MILES WHEN HE AND HIS PASSENGER HEARD A LOUD POP. THEY LOOKED AROUND THE CABIN BUT FOUND AND FELT NOTHING. UPON LANDING AND SHUTDOWN, A WHISTLING SOUND WAS HEARD FROM THE BLADES. AN INVESTIGATION BY THE PISDR CA150511013Blade · out of balance(CAN) NEW MAIN ROTOR BLADE WAS INSTALLED. WE WERE NOT ABLE TO BALANCE. MFG SENT OVER A TECH REP TO BALANCE WITH A MASTER BALANCER. THIS ALSO DID NOT WORK. A NEW BLADE WAS INSTALLED AND THE ACFT WAS BALANCED.SDR CA150415002Blade · cracked(CAN) THE FOLLOWING HAS BEEN REPORTED TO MFG: CRACK FOUND AT BLADE, BS 206 IN THE LOWER SKIN, BETWEEN BLACK AND YELLOW SIDES.SDR CA150331007Blade · damaged(CAN) DURING REGULAR 100HR INSPECTION, TAP TEST OF THE MAIN ROTOR BLADE DISCOVERED A VOID. THE BLADE HAS BEEN SENT FOR REPAIR.SDR CA150318011Blade · damaged(CAN) THE PILOT NOTED AN INCREASE IN VIBRATION. POST LANDING INSPECTION REVEALED A NR OF MID-SPAN STATION ALONG THE T/E OF BLADE WERE VOIDED AND THE SKIN SEPARATED FROM T/E EXTRUSION. AFTER THE ACFT SAT STATIC OVERNIGHT THE MECHANIC NOTED ADDITIONAL VOIDING SDR CA150318008Blade · cracked(CAN) MECHANIC DISCOVERED A CHORD WISE CRACK IN THE MAIN ROTOR BLADE AT L/E DRAIN HOLE.SDR QMLA2015021215010Strip · crackedDURING BLADE REMOVAL, FOR 100HR YOKE INSPECTION, FOUND CRACKS IN ABRASION STRIP ON LE OF BLADE SN A-2180. DETERMINED CRACK IS OUT OF LIMITS IAW THE MM.SDR CHIR201502021856Gear · crackedINDICATION FOUND AROUND THE BASE OF THE BEARING JOURNAL, CLOSEST TO THE GEAR TEETH THAT ARE DRIVEN BY THE ACCESSORY DRIVE GEAR DURING MPI REQUIRED FOR O/H OF COMPONENT. PART HAS BEEN SENT OUT FOR FURTHER TESTING SINCE INDICATION SEEMS ISOLATED TO THE OUTER SUSDR CA150429011Blade · cracked(CAN) DURING INSPECTION INSPECTION TWO BLADES WERE FOUND TO HAVE CRACKS NEAR THE L/E.SDR AYPR20150109001Spar · crackedDURING ROUTINE CHAPTER 5, 500 HOUR, ROOT END SPAR BORESCOPE INSPECTION, NOTICED SHADED AREA. CONFIRMED SHADED AREA AS A CRACK THROUGH INDEPENDENT NDT EDDY CURRENT INSPECTION. CRACK ORIGINATES ON THE INSIDE BORE OF THE SPAR, AT THE TE OTBD BLADE BOLT HOLE. NSDR QMLA2015010515002Blade · crackedPERFORMING PREFLIGHT INSPECTION & SAW A TRANSVERSE CRACK AT THE MAIN ROTOR BLADE FITTING ZONE NR 1 AREA. THIS IS ACCEPTABLE IN ZONE NR 1. AT APPROX THE CTR OF THE BLADE, THERE IS ANOTHER CRACK THAT GOES OUT FROM THIS TRANSVERSE CRACK, TOWARD THE END OF THE BSDR QMLA2014121614140Blade · crackedDURING BLADE REMOVAL FOR A5451 INSPECTION, FOUND CRACKS IN EROSION TAPE ON LE OF TWO BLADES. DETERMINED CRACKS WERE OUT OF LIMITS IAW MM.SDR QMLA2014120914138Trim Tab · crackedPILOT PERFORMING AIRWORTHINESS INSPECTION FOUND A CRACK AT THE UPPER INBD TAB ATTACHMENT OF THE TRIM TAB ON THE YELLOW MAIN ROTOR BLADE. INSPECTED THE TRIM TAP & FOUND 10 MM CRACK AT TRIM TAB RIVET ATTACHMENT, 7 MM WAS ALLOWABLE & THE ACFT WAS TAKEN OUT OF SESDR CA141028006Blade · cracked(CAN) A VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE ROOT END AREA OF THE SPAR WAS CARRIED OUT BEFORE THE RE-INSTALLATION OF THE BLADE DURING MAINTENANCE. A HAIR LINE CRACK WAS DISCOVERED EMANATING FROM THE LOWER OUTBOARD FORWARD HOLE AREA AROUND THE BLOCK. THIS CRACK WAS CONFIRMSDR IGAA2014121200002Blade · crackedDURING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, CONDUCTING AD2011-23-02 FOR CRACKS AND CORROSION, FOUND A VOID IN THE M/R BLADE AT ABOUT STATION 29.5 ON THE TOP SIDE OF THE BLADE DOUBLER. BLADE WAS REMOVED FROM SERVICE.SDR CA141007008Blade · damaged(CAN) OPERATOR REPORTED DAMAGE NEAR BLADE TIEDOWN AT BLADE TIP. BLADE SUBSEQUENTLY SENT IN AND FURTHER INSPECTION REVEALED VOIDS JUST AFT OF ABRASION STRIP ON UPPER SKIN.SDR CA141024021Blade · damaged(CAN) LOSS OF M/R BLADE TELL-TALE WEIGHT CAUSED LATERAL VIBRATIONS. PILOT FOUND THE TIP CAP YIELDED FROM MOUNTING, BUT STILL ATTACHED BY LOWER FORWARD SCREW.SDR QMLA2014082214104Structure · crackedMECHANIC DISCOVERED CRACKS IN THE MAIN ROTOR VIBRATION ABSORBER BOXES THAT ENCASE THE SPRINGS & LEAD WEIGHTS. ALL THREE BOXES HAD CRACKS IN THEM ON THE TRAILING UPPER EDGE. THESE ORIGINATED FROM THE INBD PORTION & EXTRUDING OUTWARD ON ALL THREE BOXES.SDR QMLA2014081314099Blade · crackedDURING AAIP INSPECTION D0521 MAIN ROTOR BLADE CUFF INSPECTION, A TRANSVERSE CRACK WAS DETECTED IN THE PAINT ON THE MAIN ROTOR BLUE BLADE. PAINT WAS REMOVED FROM THIS AREA & CRACK WAS DETERMINED TO EXIST. THIS CRACK RUNS TRANSVERSE TO THE BLADE BETWEEN THE MASDR CA140813006Blade · delaminated(CAN) MAIN ROTOR BLADE DELAMINATION FOUND DURING INSPECTION. LOCATION WAS INBD OF THE INBD TRIM TAB. THE MAIN ROTOR BLADE IS ON CONDITION. BLADE REPLACED AND ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.SDR CA140723004Blade · cracked(CAN) DURING A ROUTINE 100 HR INSPECTION AME WAS PERFORMING MAIN ROTOR BLADE INSPECTION AND NOTED A HAIR LINE CRACK WERE TRIM TAB IS BONDED TO BLADE. AFTER CONSULTING TEC SUPPORT THEY SAID THE BLADE IS NOT REPAIRABLE AND IS SCRAP. DATE OF INSTALL OF THE BLADSDR CA140326021Blade · cracked(CAN) DURING INSPECTION AT CSF, TWO MAIN ROTOR BLADES WERE FOUND WITH SMALL CRACKS ON THE L/E STRIPS. OPENSDR QMLA2014011314003Blade · crackedUPON ACFT RETURN FROM REVENUE FLIGHT & DURING PM SHIFT CHANGE PILOT FOUND 2 INCH, 45 DGREE ANGLE CRACK ON UPPER AFT PROFILE AREA 6 INCHES OUT FROM ROOT END & 2' FWD OF TE OF THE GREEN MAIN ROTOR BLADE. REPLACED THIS MRB & RETURNED THE ACFT TO SERVICE.SDR CA140106009Blade · debonded(CAN) LOWER SURFACE OF OTBD ERROSION SHELL FOUND DEBONDED IN 3 LOCATIONS. DEBOND AREA EXCEEDS TOTAL ALLOWABLE OF 5 CM SQUARE, REF MM CHAPTER 14, PAGE 11, PARA 12-4.SDR W7OA201301080002Torsion Strap · crackedPROTECTIVE COARTING OF WIRE STRUCTURE IS CRACKED AND PATRIALLY MISSING. EXPOSURE CAUSES THE WIRES TO BE EXPOSED TO MOISTURE WHICH WILL CAUSE CORROSION AND FAILURE OF THE WIRES, WHICH WILL CAUSE MAIN ROTOR BLADES TO BE SLUNG FROM THE HELICOPTER AND MAY CAUSE CASDR CA131129010Blade · delaminated(CAN) BLADE WAS REPAIRED IN JULY 2013 TO CORRECT SOME DELAMINATION FROM AN OLDER DENT AT 18" FROM THE BLADE TIP. UPON LANDING AT A REMOTE SITE AND SHUTTING DOWN THE ACFT THE PILOT OBSERVED A BLISTER AT 6" IN DIAMETER AND AT 20 CHORDWISE CREASES OTBD OF DAMAGESDR 2A6R2013112712071Blade · crackedWHILE PERFORMING A TEFLON LINING REPLACEMENT ON MAIN ROTOR BLADE ROOT OBSERVED A VERTICAL CRACK IN THE BEARING LAMINATE AT ONE OF THE BLADE BOLT HOLES. DAMAGE IS NOT PERMISSIBLE IAW EC135 MM 62-11-00, 6-1, 26 B. SENT BLADE TO ECD FOR REPAIR.SDR BB1R201401290001Blade · damagedMAIN ROTOR BLADE OTBD TRIM TAB PARTIALY DEBONDED AND CURLED IN DIRECTION OF AIRSTREAM. BLADE REMOVED AND RETURNED TO MFG FOR REPAIR.SDR 2A6R2013091603821Blade · crackedDURING AN INSPECTION OF THE MAIN ROTOR BLADES, FOUND A CRACK IN THE T/E OF THE BLADE WHERE THE NON BENDABLE TRIM TAB RIVETS TO THE BLADE. SENDING BLADE FOR REPAIR.SDR CA130830013Blade · cracked(CAN) CRACK FOUND ON MAIN ROTOR BLADE LOWER SKIN THAT EXTENDS FROM THE T/E CHORD-WISE TOWARDS THE SPAR. CRACK IS APPROXIMATELY 9" IN LENGTH AND LOCATED 99.0" INBD FROM BLADE TIP. DAYLIGHT WAS VISIBLE THROUGH HALF OF THE CRACK LENGTH. THIS BLADE SN IS NOT AFSDR QMLA2013082513121Blade · crackedON 50 HR INSPECTION FOUND CRACK ON BLUE BLADE A-1847 ON L/E ABRASION STRIP 30.25" FROM TIP.SDR 9EKA2013082300003Tab · missingWHILE CONDUCTING A "POST FLIGHT" INSPECTION, MECHANICS NOTICED THAT ONE OF THE MAIN ROTOR BLADES WAS MISSING A TRIM TAB.SDR CA130812003Blade · damaged(CAN) IN CRUISE FLIGHT THE PILOT NOTICED A CHANGE IN BLADE NOISE, LIKE PLASTIC BAG ON BLADE, WAS APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE FROM THE BASE, SHUTDOWN THE ACFT, AND CHECKED THE BLADES, FOUND YELLOW MAIN-ROTOR BLADE, SN A-7716 TIP CAP NOT FLUSH WITH THE BLADE, BUT THE SDR QMLA2013072913106Blade · crackedDURING AWC CHECK, FOUND BLUE MAIN ROTOR BLADE CRACKED AT TIP CAP BLADE JUNCTION. CRACK STARTS AT L/E PROCEEDING TO REAR OF BLADE ALONG TOP OF BLADE .3750".SDR QMLA2013072913105Blade · crackedDURING AWC CK FOUND GREEN MAIN ROTOR BLADE, HAS CRACK ON L/E OF ABRASION STRIP AT SCARF JOINT OF BLADE & TIP CAP. CRACK IS .3750" LONG.SDR CA130709003Tip Cap · detached(CAN) TIP CAP DEPARTED TAIL ROTOR BLADE. BLADE HAD BEEN RECENTLY REPAIRED.
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