Service difficulty report · Shaft · Urocop EC135T1

Difficulty date
April 3, 2011
Submitted
April 5, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N969ME
Make and model
Urocop EC135T1
Aircraft serial
0089
Aircraft time
4,777 hours, 16,736 cycles
Engine
Tmeca ARRIUS2B1
Part
Shaft
Condition
Sheared
Location
Lt Oil Cooler
Part time
19 hours
Component
Oil Cooler
Component part number
L792M3004103
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
M, J
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

DURING GROUND RUN, THE PILOT OBSERVED THE NR 1 ENGINE OIL TEMP WAS ELEVATED. UPON ARRIVING BACK TO DEPARTURE, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE LT OIL COOLER BLOWER WAS NOT TURNING WHILE ROTATING THE MGB. MECHANIC CONFIRMED DISCREPENCY. NO METAL FOUND IN MGB OIL FILTER AND ONLY VERY SMALL FUZZ FOUND ON MGB CHIP PLUG. DUE TO THIS BEING THE THIRD OIL COOLER BLOWER SHAFT SHEER IN A 6 WEEK TIME LINE THE MFG WAS CONSULTED. MGB CHANGE IS IN PROGRESS.

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