What was found
WHILE PERFORMING SB SB319722830, VER B CENTRIFUGUAL DIFFUSER VANE BORESCOPE, FOUND A PIECE OF THE DIFFUSER VANE MISSING AND CRACKED. AWAITING MFG TEC TO COME REPLACE THE DIFFUSER.
- Difficulty date
- March 10, 2011
- Submitted
- March 14, 2011
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N135DU
- Make and model
- Urocop EC135T2
- Aircraft serial
- 0554
- Aircraft time
- 1,550 hours, 4,320 cycles
- Engine
- Tmeca ARRIUS2B2
- Engine time
- 1,550 hours
- System (JASC)
- 7100 · Powerplant System
- Part
- Diffuser
- Part number
- 0319210050
- Condition
- Cracked
- Part time
- 1,550 hours
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- B
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.