Service difficulty report · Blade · Diamon DA40

Difficulty date
February 19, 2010
Submitted
March 19, 2010
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N656BB
Make and model
Diamon DA40
Aircraft serial
40859
Engine
Lyc IO360M1A
Propeller
Mtprop MTV12B
Part
Blade
Condition
Peeling
Location
Propeller
Part time
152 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

PAINT IS PEELING AND CRACKING PERPENDICULAR TO BLADE, EXPOSING COMPOSITE LAYER. THIS PROP WAS RECENTLY REPAIRED WITH THE NEWEST METHOD OF BLADE PAINTING APPROVED BY MFG.

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