Service difficulty report · Blades

Difficulty date
October 23, 2018
Submitted
October 23, 2018
Operation
General aviation
Propeller
Mtprop MTV271
Part
Blades
Part number
CFR26065A
Condition
Cracked
Location
Propeller
Part time
1 hours, 1 cycles
Component
Propeller · Mtprop · MTV27
Component part number
MTV271NCFRP
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
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

CRACKS FOUND IN THE BLADE SHANK AREA. COMMON PROBLEM IN OUR REGION, 5 BLADE PROPELLERS. MOST CRACKS ARE DESCRIBED BY MANUFACTURER AS CRACKS IN PAINT. WE FOLLOWED THE CRACKS ALL THE WAY TO THE WOOD CORE ON THIS PARTICULAR SET OF BLADES. SEE PICTURES.