Service difficulty report · Counterweight · Cessna 208

Difficulty date
February 28, 2001
Submitted
July 12, 2001
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Cessna 208
Aircraft serial
0522
Propeller
Mcauly 3AF34C*
Part
Counterweight
Part number
C5152
Condition
Cracked
Location
Arm
Part time
1,720 hours
Component
Propeller · Mcauly
Component part number
36FR34C703
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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What was found

DURING MAGNETIC PARTICLE INSPECTION, AN INDICATION WAS FOUND IN THE TRANSITION BETWEEN THE COUNTERWEIGHT ARM AND THE ATTACHMENT AREA, WHERE IT JOINS THE BLADE ROOT. THE CRACK APPEARS LIKE A HAIR LINE BUT STRONG INDICATION, ONCE IT WAS GROUND TO MAXIMUM DEPTH ALLOWABLE THE CRACK STARTED TO GROW IN WIDTH AS WELL AS CHANGED ITS DIRECTION BY 90 DEGREE, SO THE CRACK DEVELOPED A PATTERN TYPICAL FROM A FORGING FOLD. A PERIODICAL INSPECTION COULD BE A GOOD PREVENTATIVE TECHNIQUE.

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