Service difficulty report · Mount Bracket · Urocop EC130B4

Difficulty date
October 20, 2015
Submitted
October 21, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N332AM
Make and model
Urocop EC130B4
Aircraft serial
4658
Aircraft time
2,356 hours, 7,025 cycles
Part
Mount Bracket
Condition
Cracked
Location
Tailboom
Component
Tailboom · Airbus
Component part number
350A23423820
Stage of operation
IN
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.

What was found

DURING A SCHEDULED MX EVENT FOR AAIP INSPECTION, A1040 300 HOUR / 12 MONTH INSPECTION, THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER WAS PULLED. THE INSPECTION WAS PERFORMED ON THE INTERIOR OF THE TAIL BOOM & THE MOUNTING BRACKETS FOR THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER. THE UPPER RT MOUNT IS CRACKED & WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED BY MFG DUE TO THE NATURE OF THE REPAIR.

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