Service difficulty report · Blade · Agusta A109E

Difficulty date
January 28, 2011
Submitted
February 17, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N272SM
Make and model
Agusta A109E
Aircraft serial
11074
Aircraft time
4,986 hours, 20,207 cycles
Engine
Pwc PW206C
Engine time
4,632 hours, 16,871 cycles
Part
Blade
Condition
Debonded
Location
Main Rotor
Part time
4,986 hours
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

ON PREFLIGHT INSP, FOUND THE INBD BLADE SPOILER SEPARATED ABOUT 6 INCHES FROM THE OTBD SECTION OF SPOILER, PILOT SAID ON HIS WAY, THAT HE FELT A THAT THE FLIGHT WAS NOT AS SMOOTH, AFTER REACHING DESTINATION, ON INSP OF THE BLADE FOUND THE SEPARATION ON THE BLADE SPOILER, DOM WAS CALLED AND THE ACFT WAS GROUNDED UNTIL A NEW BLADE COULD BE INSTALLED ON THE ACFT. MFG WAS INFORMED AND THINK THAT THE DAMAGE TO THE SPOILER MAY HAVE COME FROM PERSONS PULLING OR PUSHING THE BLADE IN THE SPOILER AREA WHEN INSPECTING THE HEAD. PART IS BEING SENT FOR REPAIRS.

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