Service difficulty report · Blower Motor · Urocop EC130B4

Difficulty date
September 19, 2007
Submitted
August 5, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N817MH
Make and model
Urocop EC130B4
Aircraft serial
4125
Engine
Tmeca ARRIEL2B1
Part
Blower Motor
Part number
9696
Part serial
2181
Condition
Seized
Location
Oil Cooler
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

PILOT REPORTED BLOWER VERY NOISY/GROWLS IN OPERATION. CLOSER EXAMINATION REVEALED VERY ROUGH SHAFT BEARING. A NEW REPLACEMENT MOTOR WAS INSTALLED. THIS BLOWER MOTOR IS USUALLY VERY RELIABLE IF A BIT NOISY IN NORMAL OPERATION. LIKELY CAUSE IS POOR QUALITY OR INSUFFICIENT GREASING OF THE BEARINGS BY MFG. (K)

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