What was found
DURING 500 HOUR INSPECTIONS FOUND FRAMES 5A & 7 CRACKED. DOUBLER WAS FABRICATED FROM .050 2024-O HEAT TREATED TO T3 & INSTALLED FOR FRAME 5A & DOUBLER MADE FROM 2024-T3 & INSTALLED ON FRAME 7 IAW REPAIR SHEET AHI2016-0040.
- Difficulty date
- April 1, 2016
- Submitted
- April 4, 2016
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N986LF
- Make and model
- Urocop EC135T2
- Aircraft serial
- 0385
- Aircraft time
- 4,517 hours, 16,333 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5311 · Fuselage Main, Frame
- Part
- Frame
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Fuselage
- 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.