Service difficulty report · Frame · Urocop EC135T2

Difficulty date
January 6, 2025
Submitted
January 6, 2025
Operation
Air carrier
Filed by
2A6R933B
Air Methods, LLC
Aircraft
N877CR
Make and model
Urocop EC135T2
Aircraft serial
0625
Aircraft time
7,274 hours, 24,556 cycles
Part
Frame
Part number
L533M1088103
Condition
Cracked
Location
Zone 100
Part time
7,274 hours, 24,556 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, CRACK DAMAGE WAS DISCOVERED ON THE LH UPPER AND RH LOWER FRAME 5 MEDICAL INTERIOR MOUNT LOCATIONS. THE CRACKS WERE LESS THAN 1.5” IN LENGTH AND FIT THE CRITERIA AND APPLICABILITY FOR THE GENERIC AIRBUS REPAIR DESIGN APPROVAL SHEET AHI-135-53-048-19, ISSUE B DATED 20 NOV 2019. THE REPAIRS WERE CARRIED OUT PER THIS GUIDANCE WITHOUT DEVIATION.

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