SDR 96ZZZX4837

Service difficulty report · Bracket · Bolkms BO105S

Difficulty date
October 5, 1995
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N204PC
Make and model
Bolkms BO105S
Aircraft serial
S895
Part
Bracket
Part number
1054543001
Condition
Cracked
Location
Nr 1 Hyd Resvr
Part time
439 hours
Stage of operation
IN
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 RETROFIT OF HYDRUALIC MODULE FRAME, LEFT OR FORWARD WALL, BRACKET WAS FOUND CRACKED. CRACKS WERE NOT DETECTABLE UNTIL BRACKET WAS COMPLETELY REMOVED. CRACKS APPEARED TO BE STARTING FROM CENTER EDGE OF RIVETED NUTPLATES. SUBMITTER STATED THIS BRACKET GENERIC TO ALL 105 HELICOPTERS, HAD SAME BRACKET CRACK ON CBS4 VARIANT, BUT AT A MUCH HIGHER TIME, 2,200 HRS. EUROCOPTER IS SUPPOSED TO COME OUT WITH OPTIONAL BULLETIN TO ADDRESS CRACKING ON FORWARD WALL OF HYDRAULIC MODULE.