What was found
PAINT IS CRACKING PERPENDICULAR TO BLADE. LARGE CRACKS IN PAINT HAVE EXPOSED COMPOSITE LAYER.
- Difficulty date
- March 7, 2010
- Submitted
- March 19, 2010
- Operation
- General aviation
- Aircraft
- N203US
- Make and model
- Diamon DA40
- Aircraft serial
- 40903
- Engine
- Lyc IO360M1A
- Propeller
- Mtprop MTV12B
- System (JASC)
- 6111 · Propeller Blade Section
- Part
- Paint
- Part number
- 32758
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Prop Blade
- Part time
- 158 hours
- Component
- Propeller · Mtprop
- Component part number
- MTV12B
- 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.