Service difficulty report · Fork

Difficulty date
September 5, 2001
Submitted
October 26, 2001
Operation
General aviation
Propeller
Hartzl HCC4YR2
Part
Fork
Part number
C4503
Part serial
N0901
Condition
Cracked
Location
Propeller
Part time
1,113 hours
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

PROPELLER WAS RECEIVED FOR STANDARD 60 MONTH OVERHAUL IAW MFG SL. CURRENT PROPELLER TIMES ARE: TTSN1113.80 TSO N/A. THIS IS THE PROPELLERS FIRST OVERHAUL. DURING THE INSPECTION OF THE PROPELLER COMPONENTS, FOR PART NUMBER C-4503, SERIAL NUMBER N0901 WAS FOUND CRACKED IN THE FORWARD INBOARD EAR. ALSO, THE CORRESPONDING BLADE, PART NUMBER FC7663D6Q WITH SERIAL NUMBER H37377 HAS A BENT BLADE PIN AND BEARING RACE PART NUMBER A-2202 WAS FRETTED. HARTZELL PROPELLER WAS NOTIFIED VIA PHONE. ALL CONDEMNED PARTS WERE RED TAGGED AND ENTERED ON MFG FORM 101DA BEFORE RETURNING TO CUSTOMER. THE REMAINING PARTS CHECK GOOD. PROPELLER WAS REASSEMBLED WITH REPLACEMENT PARTS AND RETURNED TO SERVICE.