Service difficulty report · Extension · Urocop EC135T2

Difficulty date
December 4, 2017
Submitted
December 4, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N105VU
Make and model
Urocop EC135T2
Aircraft serial
0724
Aircraft time
4,188 hours, 12,948 cycles
Part
Extension
Part number
135M110011
Condition
Cracked
Location
Landing Gear
Part time
4,188 hours, 12,948 cycles
Component
Fwd Crosstube · Airbus
Component part number
L321M1812966
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

PERFORMED D 0560-100 HOUR/12 MONTH INSPECTION OF LANDING GEAR AND SKID EXTENSION. FOUND CRACK ON FWD LT CROSS TUBE EXTENSION. CRACK IS LOCATED ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE EXTENSION AND RUNS VERTICAL FROM THE UPPER MOUNTING BOLT TO THE TOP OF THE EXTENSION. REMOVED THE PAINT IN THE AREA WITH SAND PAPER AND VERIFIED THE CRACK WITH A LIGHT SOURCE.

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