Service difficulty report · Drive Shaft · Cntrar 101ACENTR

Difficulty date
April 28, 2026
Submitted
May 7, 2026
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N3A
Make and model
Cntrar 101ACENTR
Aircraft serial
008
Aircraft time
3,938 hours, 2,929 cycles
Engine
Lyc IO360C1G6
Engine time
1,459 hours, 1 cycles
Propeller
Hofman HOV352F
Part
Drive Shaft
Part number
077221200240
Part serial
10348105
Condition
Deformed
Location
Rt Engine
Part time
1,617 hours, 1,447 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
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

WHILE CHANGING RT PROPELLER GEARBOX, WHEN REINSTALLING BOLTS WOULD NOT GO BACK INTO DRIVESHAFT HOLES. WHEN MANUFACTURER (ZEPPELIN) WAS CONTACTED THEY WERE AWARE OF A MANUFACTURING DEFECT WITH CERTAIN SERIAL NUMBER DRIVESHAFTS. THIS DRIVESHAFT WAS ONE OF THOSE SERIAL NUMBERS THAT THEY IDENTIFIED AS HAVING AN ISSUE. ON INITIAL INSTALL THE BOLT HEAD SMASHED MATERIAL DOWN IN THE HOLES OF THE DRIVESHAFT BOLTS, MAKING THE BOLTS HARD TO REMOVE & TOO HARD, WITHOUT CONCERN, TO INSTALL.