SDR 0242

Service difficulty report · Wire · Mooney M20E

Difficulty date
February 20, 2002
Submitted
February 20, 2002
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N5554Q
Make and model
Mooney M20E
Aircraft serial
630
Aircraft time
3,598 hours
Propeller
Hartzl HCC2YK1
Part
Wire
Condition
Wrong Part
Location
Prop Hub
Part time
1,450 hours
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
W
Precautionary procedure
K

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

DURING ANNUAL INSPECTION, FOUND PROPELLER HUB SAFETY WIRE UNDER SIZE - .032. AIRCRAFT PARTS MANUAL CALLS FOR SIZE - .041 SAFETY. INSTALLED PROPER WIRE AND RETURNED TO SERVICE. SIX PRIOR INCIDENTS IN LAST THREE MONTHS. AC 43.13-1B DOES NOT SPECIFY ANYTHING.

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