Service difficulty report · Pinion Gear · Urocop EC135T2

Difficulty date
December 20, 2012
Submitted
December 26, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N914EF
Make and model
Urocop EC135T2
Aircraft serial
0440
Aircraft time
2,038 hours, 9,985 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW206B
Part
Pinion Gear
Part number
4649302041
Part serial
3793
Condition
Damaged
Location
Gearbox
Part time
1,266 hours
Component
Gearbox
Component part number
4649010008
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
C

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

What was found

PRIOR TO TAKEOFF, MGB CHIP LIGHT ILLUMINATED. INSPECTED CHIP DETECTOR AND FILTER ELEMENT, FINDINGS CLASSIFIED AS STAGE "B" DEPOSITS IAW SECTION 3, PART 3, FIG 5. REPLACED OIL FILTER AND CLEANED CHIP PLUG. PERFORMED 15 MIN GROUND RUN WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED. CHIP EVENT REQUIRED A TOOTHING INSPECTION IAW ASB EC135-63A-012 WITHIN 10 HOURS. INSPECTED MGB INPUT GEARSETS IAW ASB EC135-63A-012. FOUND PITTING DAMAGE ON SEVERAL TEETH ON NR 2 SIDE INPUT PINION PN: 4649 302 041. FOUND PITTING DAMAGE ON NR 1 & NR 2 SIDE BEVEL GEAR PN: 4649 303 034. IAW THE ASB THE DAMAGE NOTED IS CAUSE FOR REJECTION OF THE MAIN GEARBOX ASSY.

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