Service difficulty report · Blade · Hughes 369E

Difficulty date
November 22, 2015
Submitted
November 24, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N808JH
Make and model
Hughes 369E
Aircraft serial
0577E
Aircraft time
11,000 hours, 4,856 cycles
Part
Blade
Part number
500P2100105
Part serial
430C
Condition
Out Of Balance
Location
Main Rotor
Part time
286 hours, 287 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E
Precautionary procedure
E

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

DURING A MAINTENANCE GROUND RUN OPERATION A HIGH LATERAL VIBRATION WAS ENCOUNTERED AND THE ACFT WAS SHUTDOWN. IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT WATER HAD ENTERED THE BLADE DURING A HEAVY RAINFALL THE NIGHT BEFORE. ATTEMPTS TO REMOVE THE WATER WERE UNSUCCESSFUL AND THE BLADE WAS REMOVED FROM THE ACFT FOR EVALUATION.

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