What was found
ON PREFLIGHT/ AIRWORTHINESS CHECK, AN 8 INCH CRACKED WAS NOTED ON LT ENTRY STEP, JUST ABOVE AFT SUPPORT ON AFT CROSSTUBE MOUNT AND A 4" CRACK WAS NOTED ON THE RT ENTRY STEP JUST, ABOVE AFT SUPPORT ON AFT CROSSTUBE.
- Difficulty date
- April 1, 2013
- Submitted
- April 2, 2013
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N135HN
- Make and model
- Urocop EC135P2
- Aircraft serial
- 0839
- Aircraft time
- 1,895 hours, 6,326 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 3210 · Main Landing Gear
- Part
- Step
- Part number
- L321C10501012
- Part serial
- 1741517409
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Crosstube
- Part time
- 1,895 hours, 6,326 cycles
- Component
- Crosstube · Urocop
- Component part number
- L321M1825101
- Stage of operation
- TX
- 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.