SDR 2A6R2023120669204

Service difficulty report · Keelbeam · Urocop EC135P2

Difficulty date: December 6, 2023
Submitted: December 6, 2023
Operation: Air carrier
Filed by: 2A6R933B
Air Methods, LLC
Aircraft: N135NK
Make and model: Urocop EC135P2
Aircraft serial: 0480
Aircraft time: 8,246 hours, 28,408 cycles
System (JASC): 5314 · Fuselage Main, Keel
Part: Keelbeam
Part number: L533M1009203
Part serial: NA
Condition: Corroded
Location: Zone 100
Part time: 8,246 hours, 28,408 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 NOTED TO THE LH KEEL BEAM CAP (PN: L533M1009203), AS WELL AS THE RH KEEL BEAM CAP (PN: L533M1010203), IN THE HORIZONTAL FLANGE IN THE FORM OF SEVERAL AREAS OF CORROSION. FOUR AREAS OF CORROSION WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE LH KEEL BEAM CAP, AND FOUR AREAS OF CORROSION WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE RH KEEL BEAM CAP.

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