What was found
DURING A COMPRESSOR WASH, WE NOTICED WHAT APPEARED TO BE SMOKE COMING FROM NR 2 ENGINE. DURING INVESTIGATION WE FOUND IT WAS FUEL LEAKING FROM THE FUEL CONTROL UNIT. MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT APPEARS TO BE FROM A CRACK IN THE HOUSING.
- Difficulty date
- July 17, 2018
- Submitted
- July 17, 2018
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N877CR
- Make and model
- Urocop EC135T2
- Aircraft serial
- 0625
- Aircraft time
- 4,351 hours, 15,366 cycles
- Engine
- Tmeca ARRIUS2B2
- Engine time
- 4,351 hours, 4,822 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 7321 · Fuel Control/Turbine Engines
- Part
- Fcu
- Part number
- 0319850300
- Part serial
- 562B
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Nr 2 Engine
- Part time
- 6,193 hours
- Stage of operation
- NR
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- K, B
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.