Service difficulty report · Blade · Urocop EC135P2

Difficulty date
November 24, 2021
Submitted
November 24, 2021
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N911EF
Make and model
Urocop EC135P2
Aircraft serial
0497
Aircraft time
4,607 hours, 17,432 cycles
Part
Blade
Part number
L621M1010056
Part serial
890
Condition
Out Of Balance
Location
Main Rotor
Part time
6,312 hours, 10,009 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
B
Nature of condition
E
Precautionary procedure
K

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What was found

AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO HAVE TRACK AND BALANCE ISSUES FOR PRIOR 2 MONTHS. EACH TIME THE TRACK AND BALANCE COULD BE ALLEVIATED BUT THE AIRCRAFT CAME BACK NOW IN ITS WORST ITERATION, READING .7 IPS VERTICAL AND .7 LATERAL. I MADE A LARGE ADJUSTMENT ON BLUE AND RECEIVED .1 INPUT DIFFERENCE. THESE TWO CHARACTERISTICS BROUGHT SUSPICION OF A GREATER PROBLEM WHICH I THEN MOVED ALL BLADES IN A FLAPPING MOTION AND FOUND BLUE MAKES A "CRACKLING" SOUND INTERNALLY WHILE THE OTHERS DO NOT. WE REMOVED YELLOW AND BLUE, (BEING OPPOSITE BLADES) AND FOUND WHAT APPEARS TO BE A CRACK BUT WITHOUT ANY WAY TO TEST BESIDE A GVI, WE'LL BE REPLACING S/N 890 ANYWAYS. THIS BLADE SHOULD BE SENT FOR FURTHER ANALYSIS.

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