Service difficulty report · Strap · Hughes 369D

Difficulty date
December 15, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N214PC
Make and model
Hughes 369D
Aircraft serial
1100851D
Part
Strap
Part number
369D21210501
Condition
Cracked
Location
Main Rotor
Part time
6,034 hours
Component
369D21200503
Stage of operation
IN
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

MAIN ROTOR HUB STRAP PACK ASSY WAS FOUND WITH ONE CRACKED LEG AT 226.2 HOURS TSO, SECOND CRACK FOUND AT 542.1 HOURS. BOTH CRACKS WERE IN THE LAG (TRAILING EDGE) LEG OF THE SAME PACK. THIRD AND FAILING CRACK WAS FOUND AT 578.8 HOURS TSO. REPLACED WITH ZERO HRS TSO ITEM. THIS AIRCRAFT HAS BEEN USED FOR THE SAME ACTIVITIES (POWERLINE CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE) FOR THE PRECEDING 6,000 HRS AND THIS IS THE FIRST STRAP PACK FAILURE (ON LAST 3 HUB ASSY'S). ALSO, OPERATE 4 OTHER HUGHES 369 SERIES ACFT AND NO STRAP PACK FAILURES ON ANY OF THOSE EITHER. SB DN-154 COVERS THE INSPECTION OF THIS COMPONENT. STRAP S/N'S F707 THROUGH F7111.