Service difficulty report · Angle · Hughes 369FF

Difficulty date
December 30, 2015
Submitted
January 8, 2016
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N530KK
Make and model
Hughes 369FF
Aircraft serial
0174FF
Engine
Allsn 250C30
Part
Angle
Part number
369H25329
Condition
Cracked
Location
Bs 137
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

THE ANGLE HAS CRACKED ON ALL OF OUR ACFT. THE ANGLE IS RIVETED AND SCREWED INTO PLACE DIRECTLY BEHIND THE LOWER LT ENGINE MOUNT. CAUSE OF THE CRACK IS UNKNOWN, VIBRATION LEVELS WERE WITHIN ACCEPTABLE LEVELS AND NO UNUSUAL WEAR WAS NOTED. POSSIBLE CAUSE IS THAT THE ALUMINUM USED TO MAKE THE CLIP IS TOO THIN.

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