Service difficulty report · Blade · Urocop EC135T2

Difficulty date
April 10, 2012
Submitted
April 11, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N135EC
Make and model
Urocop EC135T2
Aircraft serial
0862
Aircraft time
1,517 hours, 5,846 cycles
Part
Blade
Part number
L621M1010057
Part serial
4542
Condition
Chipped
Location
Main Rotor
Part time
1,517 hours, 5,846 cycles
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
W
Precautionary procedure
E

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

What was found

AFTER LANDING, PILOTS CYCLIC BUMPED INADVERTENTLY CAUSING THE MAST MOMENT TO EXCEED. THE VEMD RECORDED 66 PERCENT OF 3.6 SECONDS AND 78 PERCENT OF 1.0 SECONDS. FOLLOWING MM 05-51-00, 6-1, MAIN ROTOR BLADES WERE INSPECTED. THE INSPECTION FOUND 1 BLADE HAD CONTACTED THE FLEX BEAM. BLADE REMOVED, INSPECTED, AND DAMAGE MEASURED. MEASUREMENT WAS LESS THAN .2 MM. THE AREA WAS BLENDED AND PAINTED IAW MM CH 62-11-00, 8-18. BLADE WAS REINSTALLED IAW MM 62-11-00, 4-2. ACFT GROUND RAN AND TEST FLOWN WITHOUT DEFECTS. ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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