Service difficulty report · Bolt · Cessna 425

Difficulty date
January 26, 2017
Submitted
August 9, 2017
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N73DW
Make and model
Cessna 425
Aircraft serial
4250089
Propeller
Mcauly 3GFR34C701
Part
Bolt
Part number
A1635159
Condition
Failed
Location
Prop Blade
Component
Blade · Mcauly
Component part number
A93KB0
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

WHILE IN FLIGHT THE PILOT NOTICED A VIBRATION FROM THE RT ENG. AFTER LANDING, INSPECTION OF THE PROPELLER REVEALED THAT THE NR 1 BLADE WOULD SPIN FREELY IN THE HUB. AFTER DISASSEMBLY, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE ACTUATING PIN BOLTS HAD PULLED OUT OF THE BLADE AND THE ACTUATING PIN HAD SEPARATED FROM THE BLADE. AFTER CONSULTATION WITH MCCAULEY IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE BOLTS HAD NOT BEEN PROPERLY TORQUED AT THE LAST OVERHAUL. BLADES 2 & 3 SN DH150 AND DK025, ALSO SHOWED SIGNS THAT THE BOLTS WERE NOT TORQUED PROPERLY AND THE ACTUATING PINS FORMED INDENTATIONS IN THE BLADE BUTTS RESULTING IN ALL 3 BLADES BEING REJECTED.

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