Service difficulty report · Tail Boom · Urocop EC135T2

Difficulty date
September 2, 2022
Submitted
September 2, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Filed by
2A6R933B
Air Methods, LLC
Aircraft
N135LC
Make and model
Urocop EC135T2
Aircraft serial
0296
Aircraft time
7,838 hours, 27,042 cycles
Part
Tail Boom
Part number
L535A2000052
Part serial
EVL295
Condition
Chafed
Part time
7,838 hours, 27,042 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

DURING 1000 HOUR INSPECTION, FOUND TAILBOOM CHAFE MARK ON BOTTOM CENTER SURFACE ROUGHLY 3FT AFT OF FWD RING FRAME THAT APPEARS TO BE THRU MULTIPLE PLIES. PERFORMED REPAIR ON TAILBOOM CHAFE DAMAGE ON BOTTOM CENTER SURFACE AFT OF FWD RING FRAME USING ECS0031-12 CARBON FIBER, 7781 FIBERGLASS & 3CU7-100A COPPER MESH IAW AIRBUS RDAS-EC135-53-2022-2032 ISSUE A DATED 2022-08-05. SEE FAA FORM 337 DATED 09/01/2022.

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