Service difficulty report · Spinner · Cessna 172G

Difficulty date
March 16, 2010
Submitted
March 16, 2010
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N3627L
Make and model
Cessna 172G
Aircraft serial
17253796
Aircraft time
5,147 hours, 1 cycles
Engine
Cont O300D
Engine time
4,853 hours, 1 cycles
Propeller
Mcauly 1C172EM
Part
Spinner
Condition
Cracked
Location
Propeller
Part time
4,853 hours
Component
Propeller · Mcauly
Component part number
1C172EM7853
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

WHILE INSPECTING THE FWD PROP SPINNER BULKHEAD, CRACKS WERE FOUND. LOOKING FURTHER IT WAS NOTICED THE CTR HOLE IN THE SPINNER DID NOT LINE UP WITH THE CTR OF THE PROP. AFTER REMOVING THE PROP, IT WAS FOUND THE EDGE DISTANCE FROM THE 6 BOLT HOLES TO THE CTR OPENING VARIED FROM .330 TO .385. IT WAS ALSO NOTED THE PROP WOULD NOT FIT ON THE HUB IN ANY OTHER POSITION THAN THE ONE REMOVED. CONTACTED MFG AND CONFIRMED THE ALIGNMENT OF THE CTR HUB AND THE 2 ALIGNMENT DOWEL PINS SHOULD ALLOW THE INSTALLATION OF THE PROP IN THE ORIGINAL POSITION AND IN THE OPPOSITE POSITION. WHEN THE PROP WAS REMOVED A LARGE SLIVER OF ALUMINUM WAS RETRIEVED FROM THE CTR OF THE PROP HUB.

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