Service difficulty report · Drive Assy · Urocop EC130B4

Difficulty date
November 14, 2013
Submitted
November 19, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N137HN
Make and model
Urocop EC130B4
Aircraft serial
7371
Aircraft time
399 hours, 1,366 cycles
Engine
Tmeca ARRIEL2B1
Engine time
399 hours, 851 cycles
Part
Drive Assy
Part number
F594448
Condition
Seized
Location
Hyd Pump Drive
Part time
398 hours, 1,366 cycles
Component
Hyd Pump Drive · Urocop
Component part number
350A35013200
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
B
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AT CRUISE ALTITUDE 2500 FT MSL, COCKPIT BEGAN TO FILL WITH SMOKE. HYD AND SERVO LIGHTS ON CAUTION PANEL ILLUMINATED. REDUCED AIRSPEED AND MADE EMERGENCY LANDING. AFTER LANDING AND ENGINE SHUTDOWN THE PRIMARY HYD BELT WAS FOUND BROKE AND MISSING. NO OTHER ACFT DAMAGE WAS NOTED. MECHANIC INSPECTED THE ACFT AND FOUND THE HYD PUMP DRIVE ASSEMBLY HAD FAILED CAUSING THE BELT TO BREAK. REPLACED THE PUMP DRIVE ASSY TO INCLUDE A NEW BELT WITH NO ADDITIONAL DEFECTS. THE ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE AND FLOWN BACK TO ITS BASE OF OPERATION.

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