Service difficulty report · Spinner · Mooney M20E

Difficulty date
December 29, 2008
Submitted
May 4, 2009
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N79330
Make and model
Mooney M20E
Aircraft serial
540
Propeller
Hartzl HCC2YR1
Part
Spinner
Part number
D57691P
Condition
Cracked
Location
Propeller
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

A NEW PROPELLER WAS INSTALLED ON 10/23/2008. ON 12/29/2008, AFTER 10 HOURS, 2 DIFFERENT CRACKS WERE FOUND AT MOUNTING SCREW HOLES AT THE BLADE CUTOUT IN SPINNER DOME PN D-5769-1P. A WARRANTY REPLACEMENT WAS SENT PN D-5769-1P. A WARRANTY REPLACEMENT WAS SENT PN D-5769-1P, SN 0810591C AND INSTALLED. ON 3/20.2009, AFTER 22 HOURS THE REPLACEMENT SPINNER WAS REMOVED DUE TO CRACKING AT THE BLADE CUTOUT IN THE SPINNER DOME. A THIRD REPLACEMENT WAS SENT PN: D-5769-1P, SN 0805155C AND INSTALLED IAW MFG SERVICE EVALUATION REQUEST NR HC-SER-61-067. (K)

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