Service difficulty report · Antenna · Urocop EC135P2

Difficulty date
April 1, 2026
Submitted
April 1, 2026
Operation
General aviation
Filed by
2A6R933B
Air Methods, LLC
Aircraft
N917AC
Make and model
Urocop EC135P2
Aircraft serial
0351
Aircraft time
9,472 hours, 47,358 cycles
Part
Antenna
Part number
CI2922
Part serial
399474
Condition
Wrong Part
Location
Zone 200
Part time
9,472 hours, 47,358 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
W
Precautionary procedure
K

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

THE TECHNISONIC TDFM 9100 MULTI-BAND TRANSCEIVER AND RC-9100 REMOTE CONTROLLER SYSTEM WERE INSTALLED ON THIS ACFT UTILIZING THE CERTWORKS STC SR01052DE. PER THE 337, THE EXISTING CI 177-1 VHF ANTENNA FROM THE TDFM 6158 INSTALL WAS RETAINED FOR USE WITH THE TDFM 9100 SYS. AT SOME POINT, THE CI 177-1 ANTENNA WAS REMOVED BY UNKNOWN PERSONS AND A CI 292-2 WAS INSTALLED IN ITS PLACE. IT WAS NOTED THAT THE CI 292-2 ANTENNA IS NOT SUPPORTED FOR THE VHF FREQUENCY RANGE REQUIRED FOR THE TDFM-9100 SYS, BUT A CI 292-3 IS CALLED OUT FOR IN STC SR01052DE DRAWING CW0620-1096 REV IR AND WOULD SUPPORT THE PROPER VHF FREQUENCY RANGE OF 138-174 MHZ. A CONFORMITY 337 HAS BEEN CREATED TO CONFORM AND DOCUMENT THE INSTALLATION OF A CI 292-3 ANTENNA TO THE CERTWORKS STC SR01052DE DRAWING CW0620-1096 REV IR FOR THE TDFM 9100 INSTALLATION ON AN EC135 AS WELL AS AIR METHODS WIRING DIAGRAM “EC135 TDFM 9100 WIRING DIAGRAM”, DRAWING SE233-0248-0351 REV -.

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