# SDR QMLA2013040113047

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: April 1, 2013
- Submitted: April 2, 2013
- Operation: Air carrier
- Aircraft: [N135HN](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N135HN), registered now
- Make and model: Urocop EC 135 P2
- Registry model: [Urocop EC 135 P2](https://openairdocs.org/model/eurocopter-deutschland-ec-135-p2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: 0839
- Aircraft time: 1,895 hours, 6,326 cycles
- System (JASC): [3210 · Main Landing Gear](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/3210)
- 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
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/QMLA2013040113047

## Discrepancy

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.

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