Service difficulty report · Frame · Urocop EC135T2

Difficulty date
October 11, 2022
Submitted
October 11, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Filed by
2A6R933B
Air Methods, LLC
Aircraft
N911UG
Make and model
Urocop EC135T2
Aircraft serial
0416
Aircraft time
7,269 hours, 26,714 cycles
Part
Frame
Part number
L533M1088103
Condition
Cracked
Location
Zone 200
Part time
7,269 hours, 26,714 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 A SCHEDULED INSPECTION ASB21-01, DAMAGE WAS DISCOVERED AT FRAME 5 AT APPROXIMATELY FS 4,709MM RELATING TO THE STC SR00566DE, DRAWING 739-1600, WALL. THE DAMAGE IS ADJACENT TO THE MEDICAL WALL ATTACH FITTING LOCATIONS. PERFORMED THE ALERT SERVICE BULLETIN ASB21-01, REVISION A. ADDITIONAL DAMAGE WAS ALSO NOTED ON THE LT AND RT CABIN FRAME 5 ASSEMBLY AND REINFORCEMENT ANGLE AT APPROXIMATELY FUSELAGE STATION 4,709MM, WATER LINE 2,600MM. THIS DAMAGE IS RELATED TO STC SR09164 – DRAWING 135M-420, EMS SEAT & STRUCTURE INST-EC-135. THIS INSTALLATION WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED WITH THE AMC EMS INTERIOR PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED ABOVE. THERE IS ONE CRACK ON THE LT STRUCTURE WHERE THE BEAM ASSY ATTACHED TO THE FRAME 5 MEASURING APPROXIMATELY 0.50 IN LENGTH AND ONE CRACK IN THE RT STRUCTURE WHERE THE BEAM ASSY ATTACHED TO THE FRAME 5 MEASURING APPROXIMATELY 0.70 IN LENGTH. THESE CRACKS WERE STOP DRILLED, THEN REINFORCED VIA REPAIR DOUBLERS IAW RDAS AHI 135 53 048 19, REVISION B.

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