Service difficulty report · Frame · Urocop EC135T2

Difficulty date
May 22, 2025
Submitted
May 22, 2025
Operation
General aviation
Filed by
2A6R933B
Air Methods, LLC
Aircraft
N579AM
Make and model
Urocop EC135T2
Aircraft serial
0578
Aircraft time
6,923 hours, 23,038 cycles
Part
Frame
Part number
L533M1105218
Condition
Cracked
Location
Zone 100
Part time
6,923 hours, 23,038 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

CRACK DAMAGE WAS DISCOVERED ON THE LH AND RH FRAME 5 AND INBOARD ANGLE AT THE UPPER AND LOWER ATTACH POINTS OF THE MEDICAL INTERIOR BEAM. THE CRACK DAMAGES DISCOVERED WERE LESS THAN 2.5” IN LENGTH. AN APPROVED REPAIR PROCEDURE WAS COMPLIED WITH PER AIRBUS REPAIR DESIGN APPROVAL SHEET RDAS-EC135-53-2025-1104, ISSUE A DATED 28 MAR 2025, WHICH CONTAINS A DESCRIPTION OF THE TYPE OF DAMAGE OBSERVED AND REPAIR INSTRUCTION.

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