Service difficulty report · None · Urocop EC135P2

Difficulty date
December 17, 2021
Submitted
December 18, 2021
Operation
Air carrier
Filed by
2A6R933B
Air Methods, LLC
Aircraft
N527BF
Make and model
Urocop EC135P2
Aircraft serial
0697
Aircraft time
6,188 hours, 30,158 cycles
Part
None
Condition
None
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

DURING 1000 HOUR AIRFRAME INSPECTION, FOUND SEVERAL CRACKS UNDER THE MAIN TRANSMISSION DECK. LEFT & RIGHT LONGERONS P/N L533M1017281 & P/N L533M1017282 WERE CRACKED IN THE UPPER FLANGES AT X4565 WITH L/H CRACK MEASURING 0.50 LONG AND R/H MEASURING 0.60 LONE. FOUND A CRACK ON THE REAR R/H STRINGER P/N L533M1017370ON ITS UPPER FLANGE MEASURING 0.50 LONG. THE L/H & R/H A-PROFILES L/H P/N: L533M1017375 AND R/H P/N L533M1017376 ARE CRACKED ACROSS THE WIDTH OF EACH PART. COMPLETING REPAIRS AS PER AIRBUS HELICOPTERS RDAS-EC135-53-2021-4334.

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