Service difficulty report · Housing · Urocop EC120B

Difficulty date
July 12, 2001
Submitted
August 29, 2001
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N120GB
Make and model
Urocop EC120B
Aircraft serial
1063
Engine
Tmeca ARRIU2F
Part
Housing
Part number
C632A2115101
Part serial
M38
Condition
Corroded
Location
Main Rotor
Part time
597 hours
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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What was found

MFG CONCESSION APPLIED TO MGB- INSTALLATION OF BEVEL GEAR AND BEVEL PINION GEAR. DISASSEMBLY OF MGB FOR MODIFICATION, CORROSION WAS ON SUPPORT STUDS OF THE LOWER HOUSING AND THE BORES OF MAIN MODULE OF THE AFFECTED STUDS, INSP REVEALED CORROSION IN THE BORES. CLEANED AND TREATED THE BORES AND STUDS TO ACCEPTABLE STANDARDS, RECORDS OF THE MGB WERE REVIEWED, INDICATING THE COMPONENT WAS MANUFACTURED 8/98, WITH TOTAL TIME SINCE NEW-597.3 HOURS. THE OVERHAUL INTERVAL OF THE MGB IS 2000 HRS. THE MM WAS FOLLOWED FOR THE PROCEDURES OF DISASSEMBLY, ASSEMBLY AND COMPLETION OF THIS MODIFICATION, AND NO MENTION OF CORROSION IN THIS AREA OF THE MGB. FOLLOWED THE SPM FOR CORROSION CONTROL TO MAGNESIUM. PROBABLE CAUSE OF TH

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