Service difficulty report · Spacer · Urocop EC135P1

Difficulty date
December 4, 2007
Submitted
December 4, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N911TS
Make and model
Urocop EC135P1
Aircraft serial
0167
Aircraft time
2,980 hours, 10,300 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW206B
Part
Spacer
Part number
4649205010
Part serial
322
Condition
Cracked
Location
Main Gear Box
Part time
2,980 hours, 10,300 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

PILOT REPORTED AT 11 PERCENT TORQUE A VIBRATION WAS FELT AND A CLUNK WAS HERD. INSPECTED MAIN ROTOR SYSTEM. LIFTED MAST AND FOUND .35 INCHES OF AXIAL PLAY. DISASSEMBLED MAST ASSEMBLY AND FOUND THE SPACER TUBE CRACKED IN (2) PLACES AND THE KEYS OF THE SPACER TUBE WORN. REPLACED SPACER TUBE, BEARING AND NUT IAW MFG.

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