SDR 96ZZZX4375

Service difficulty report · Clamp · Piper PA31T1

Difficulty date
July 31, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Piper PA31T1
Propeller
Hartzl HCB3TN3
Part
Clamp
Part number
1301
Condition
Corroded
Location
Blade
Stage of operation
IN
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

PROPELLERS WERE IN FOR TIME OVERHAUL. THREE OF THE BLADE CLAMPS WERE REJECTED FOR CORROSION INSIDE THE CLAMP WHERE CONTACT IS MADE WITH THE BLADE THRUST BEARING. ONE CLAMP WAS REJECTED FOR A CRACK THAT RAN PARALLEL TO THE CLAMP HAD SPLIT. IT WAS ALSO FOUND THAT THE WRONG SPRING ASSY WAS INSTALLED IN BOTH PROPELLERS. THE WRONG SPRING ASSY HAS HIGHER SPRING TENSION THAN THE ONE THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN INSTALLED. THE SPRING ASSYS WERE CHANGED AND THE FOUR CLAMP ASSYS WERE REPLACED ALONG WITH OVERHAUL OF THE PROPS AND RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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