What was found
ROTOR BRAKE PAD CRACKED FROM NEW. EDGES FALLING APART WHILE INSTALLED ON ACFT. R & R WITH ONLY 94.7 HRS PART TT. PROBABLE CAUSE MAY BE BAD BATCH. FOUND A 1200T INSPECTION. MFRF0210 CODE.
- Difficulty date
- September 21, 2011
- Submitted
- September 30, 2011
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N893PA
- Make and model
- Urocop EC130B4
- Aircraft serial
- 4679
- Engine
- Tmeca ARRIEL2B1
- System (JASC)
- 6321 · Main Rotor Brake
- Part
- Brake
- Part number
- 704A33620000
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Main Rotor
- Part time
- 95 hours
- 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.