# SDR QMLA2012041012052

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: April 10, 2012
- Submitted: April 11, 2012
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N135EC](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N135EC), registered now
- Make and model: Urocop EC135T2
- Registry model: [Urocop EC135T2](https://openairdocs.org/model/eurocopter-deutschland-ec135t2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: 0862
- Aircraft time: 1,517 hours, 5,846 cycles
- System (JASC): [6210 · Main Rotor Blades](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/6210)
- 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
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/QMLA2012041012052

## Discrepancy

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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