What was found
DURING A 1000 HOUR AIRFRAME INSPECTION FOUND FRAME 5 CRACKED ON THE RIGHT AND LEFT BEAM NEAR THE UPPER AND LOWER MOST POINTS WHERE THE MEDICAL INTERIOR BEAM ATTACHES. THE CRACKS ARE NE MORE THAN 1.50 INCHES IN LENGTH.
- Difficulty date
- October 17, 2024
- Submitted
- October 17, 2024
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Filed by
- 2A6R933B
Air Methods, LLC - Aircraft
- N935AC
- Make and model
- Urocop EC135P2
- Aircraft serial
- 0346
- Aircraft time
- 9,580 hours, 40,069 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5311 · Fuselage Main, Frame
- Part
- Frame
- Part number
- L533M1088103
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Zone 200
- Part time
- 9,580 hours, 40,069 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.