What was found
AIRCRAFT HAD A LATERAL VIBRATION. AFTER TRACKING WEIGHT NEEDED TO OFF SET LATERAL VIBRATION WAS BEYOND LIMITS. BLADES MUST BE ABSORBING WATER. RETURN AND INSTALLED A TEMPORARY ROTOR BLADE.
- Difficulty date
- December 12, 2002
- Submitted
- December 16, 2002
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N135CR
- Make and model
- Urocop EC135T1
- Aircraft serial
- 0164
- Aircraft time
- 647 hours
- System (JASC)
- 6210 · Main Rotor Blades
- Part
- Blade
- Part number
- L621M1010054
- Part serial
- 1033
- Condition
- Defective
- Location
- Main Rotor
- Part time
- 654 hours
- Stage of operation
- NR
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- E
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.