Service difficulty report · Transfer Pump · Urocop EC135P1

Difficulty date
April 15, 2025
Submitted
April 21, 2025
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N162MW
Make and model
Urocop EC135P1
Aircraft serial
0162
Aircraft time
11,149 hours, 36,988 cycles
Part
Transfer Pump
Part number
9A2045
Condition
Failed
Location
Foward Main Fuel
Part time
11,149 hours
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

PIC WAS 15 MILES NORTH OF LAREDO, ENROUTE TO SAN ANTONIO WITH PATIENT WHEN PIC TURNED AROUND. COMMS ADVISED THAT PIC HAD DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LOST HIS FUEL PUMPS. CALLED PIC AFTER LANDING SAFELY BACK AT LAREDO, HE ADVISED THAT THEY HAD LOST THE FORWARD FUEL PUMP AND THE AFT FUEL PUMP WAS ALREADY MEL'D, SO HE WAS BEING NOTIFIED BY THE AIRCRAFT THAT HE ONLY HAD 20 MINS OF FUEL REMAINING. SAFE ON DECK, MTX NOTIFIED. CREW TRANSPORTING PATIENT BACK TO HOSPITAL. THE MECHANIC FOUND FWD XSFER PUMP WIRING SHOWING SIGNS OF CHAFFING. CUT OFF BOTH CHAFFED AREAS AND RETERMINATED WIRES.

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