Service difficulty report · Hub · Hiller UH12E

Difficulty date
June 10, 2022
Submitted
June 10, 2022
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N6006K
Make and model
Hiller UH12E
Aircraft serial
HA3083
Aircraft time
11,247 hours, 58,467 cycles
Engine
Allsn 250C20B
Engine time
11,866 hours
Part
Hub
Part number
5143711
Part serial
20098
Condition
Cracked
Location
Main Rotor Syste
Part time
1,887 hours
Component
M/R Head · Hiller
Component part number
5143919
Stage of operation
AG
How discovered
V
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

A CRACK WAS FOUND ON THE OUTSIDE OF M/R HUB ORIGINATING FROM INBOARD TT PIN HOLE. THE CRACK EXTENDS FROM THE INSIDE DIAMETER OF THE BORE TO THE OUTSIDE OF THE HUB. AFTER CLOSE EXAMINATION IT SEEMS THAT THERE ARE ROUGH MACHINING MARKS THAT CAUSED A STRESS CONCENTRATION AROUND THE CHAMFER OF THE BORE. THE CRACK EXTENDS IN 2 DIRECTIONS ORIGINATED FROM ONE OF MARKS. THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO REQUIRED INSPECTIONS OF THAT AREA OUTSIDE OF AN OVERHAUL. IT WOULD BE SUGGESTED THAT A ONE TIME INSPECTION COULD BE IMPLEMENTED FOR MACHINING MARKS OF THE SPECIFIC SERIAL NUMBER RANGE AND DRESS OUT ANY DAMAGE FOUND IN ORDER TO ELIMINATE THE STRESS CONCENTRATION THEN IMPLEMENT A PERIODIC INSPECTION OUTSIDE OF AN OVERHAUL OF THE BORE. AS A REPAIR STATION, WE GROUNDED THE FLEET TO PERFORM AN INSPECTION OF ALL MR HEAD ASSYS. GOING FORWARD, WE ARE IMPLEMENTING INSPECTIONS AT EVERY ANNUAL WHERE WE WILL REMOVE THE INBOARD TT PIN TO NDI THE BORE VIA FLUORESCENT PENETRANT. ALSO AT EVERY 100HR INSPECTION WE WILL BE REMOVING THE WASHER ATTATCHED TO THE END OF THE TT PIN TO FACILITATE A FLUORESCENT PENETRANT INSPECTION OF THE COUNTERBORE AROUND THE INBOARD TT PIN BORE.

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