Service difficulty report · Support Fitting · Urocop EC130B4

Difficulty date
August 6, 2007
Submitted
September 24, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N808MH
Make and model
Urocop EC130B4
Aircraft serial
3914
Engine
Tmeca ARRIEL2B1
Part
Support Fitting
Part number
350A23422320
Condition
Damaged
Location
Tailboom
Part time
493 hours
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

DURING ROUTINE POSTFLIGHT INSPECTION THE CRACK WAS FOUND VISUALLY ON THE RT LOWER SUPPORT FITTING POSITION ON THE PARTS TRAILING EDGE FACE AND FOUND TO EXTEND ALMOST 2 INCHES OR ALMOST HALF WAY ACROSS THE PART. THIS IS A COMMON FAILURE FOR THIS PART. BELIEVE THIS PART HAS A DESIGN OR MATERIALS ISSUE THAT IS OVERALL STRENGTH RELATED. PART REQUIRES SHIMMING SOME TIMES TO PREVENT IT BEING PRELOADED IN SERVICE THAT IF NOT DONE CAREFULLY COULD AGGRAVATE THIS PROBLEM. MOST PROBLEMS HAVE OCCURRED WITH THE SHIMMING OF THE PART NOT BEING A FACTOR AS THE FIT WAS CORRECT FOR THE NEW PART. (K)

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