Service difficulty report · Frame · Urocop EC135P2

Difficulty date
November 3, 2025
Submitted
November 21, 2025
Operation
Air carrier
Filed by
2A6R933B
Air Methods, LLC
Aircraft
N998AM
Make and model
Urocop EC135P2
Aircraft serial
0339
Aircraft time
10,203 hours, 37,011 cycles
Part
Frame
Condition
Cracked
Location
Zone 100
Part time
10,203 hours, 37,011 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 RT FRAME 5 SIDE WALL ATTACHMENT FOR THE UPPER MOUNT OF THE AFT MEDICAL WALL AT APPROXIMATELY FUSELAGE STATION 4,709MM WATER LINE 2,375MM. THE CRACK IS APPROXIMATELY 1.4” IN LENGTH. THE CRACK WAS STOP DRILLED AND REINFORCED IAW AHI RDAS-EC135-53-2025-1104, ISSUE A DATED 28 MAR 2025.

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