Service difficulty report · Support Beam · Urocop EC135P2

Difficulty date
December 21, 2009
Submitted
December 21, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N135WL
Make and model
Urocop EC135P2
Aircraft serial
0329
Aircraft time
4,740 hours, 15,873 cycles
Part
Support Beam
Part number
L533M1018313
Condition
Cracked
Location
Zone 200
Part time
4,740 hours, 15,873 cycles
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

DURING A SCHEDULED INSP, A CRACK WAS DISCOVERED IN A SUPPORT BEAM JUST BELOW FRAME 5 IN THE FUSELAGE TAILCONE. A REPAIR SCHEME REQUEST WAS SUBMITTED AND RECEIVED FROM THE MFG. THE CRACK WAS STOPPED DRILLED AND A REPAIR DOUBLER FROM 0.050" ALUMINUM WAS INSTALLED.

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