Service difficulty report · Frame · Urocop EC135T2

Difficulty date
March 21, 2023
Submitted
March 21, 2023
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Urocop EC135T2
Aircraft serial
0493
Aircraft time
10,039 hours, 31,508 cycles
Engine
Tmeca ARRIUS2B2
Engine time
7,501 hours, 887 cycles
Part
Frame
Part number
L533M1105219
Part serial
NA
Condition
Cracked
Location
Zone 200
Part time
10,039 hours, 31,508 cycles
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.

What was found

DAMAGE WAS FOUND TO THE FRAME 5 (P/N: L533M1088219/L533M1105219) IN THE FORM OF CRACKS. THERE ARE FOUR CRACKS TO BOTH THE L/H AND R/H FRAME NEAR THE UPPER AND LOWER MOST POINTS WHERE THE MEDICAL INTERIOR BEAM ATTACHES. THE LONGEST CRACK MEASURED TO BE APPROXIMATELY 1.625" ON THE FWD L/H SIDE OF THE FRAME 5 UPPER MOUNT LOCATION OF THE MEDICAL WALL. CRACKS WERE ALSO DISCOVERED ON BOTH L/H AND R/H FRAME 5 ANGLES (P/N: L533M1088218/L533M1105218) AT THE AFT INBOARD LOWER ATTACHMENT POINT OF THE MEDICAL STC. THE L/H ANGLE CRACKED MEASURED APPROXIMATELY 1.05", WITH THE R/H CRACK MEASURING 1.0" IN LENGTH.

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