SDR 95ZZZX5956

Service difficulty report · Hub · Cessna 340A

Difficulty date
September 26, 1995
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N1373G
Make and model
Cessna 340A
Aircraft serial
340A0072
Propeller
Mcauly 3AF32C93
Part
Hub
Condition
Cracked
Location
Nr 3 Socket
Stage of operation
IN
Nature of condition
K
Precautionary procedure
K

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

DURING ROUTINE ACFT INSPECTION, PROPELLER HUB WAS VISUALLY INSPECTED FOR CONDTIION. NR 3 BLADE SOCKET WAS LEAKING GREASE. LARGE CRACK IN BLADE SOCKET WALL WAS FOUND. THE CRACK ORIGINATES AT THE FIRST FULL SOCKET THREAD INBOARD AND HAS PROGRESSED THROUGH THE HUB WALL AND THROUGH THE OUTBOARD LIP. MCCAULEY SB 209 AND SL 1993-11 ADDRESSES THIS PROBLEM. BLADE SEPARATION WAS IMMINENT. HUB IS SCRAP.

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