What was found
WHILE CLEANING THE ENGINE AREA (COWLING OFF DUE TO OTHER MAINT) I FOUND A CRACK ALONG A WELD ON THE LT SIDE OF THE ENGINE INTAKE.
- Difficulty date
- January 15, 2019
- Submitted
- January 16, 2019
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N151AC
- Make and model
- Urocop EC130B4
- Aircraft serial
- 3732
- Aircraft time
- 7,021 hours, 18,383 cycles
- Engine
- Tmeca ARRIEL2B1
- Engine time
- 643 hours, 934 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 7160 · Engine Air Intake System
- Part
- Intake
- Part number
- 350A54108006010
- Part serial
- WD30461
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Engine
- Stage of operation
- UK
- 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.