SDR 96ZZZX5831

Service difficulty report · Blade Pin · Saab 340B

Difficulty date
November 5, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Saab 340B
Propeller
Hamstd 14RF19
Part
Blade Pin
Part number
RFC11T10C
Condition
Cracked
Location
Shank
Part time
11,238 hours
Component
Hamstd · 8022581
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

BLADE WAS RECEIVED FOR MAJOR INSPECTION. DURING DYE PENETRANT CHECK OF THE SHANK, TWO INDICATIONS APPEARED, ONE WAS APPROXIMATELY 180 DEGREES FROM THE BLADE PIN AND THE OTHER WAS APPROXIMATELY 120 DEGREES FROM THE PIN. EACH INDICATION HAD THE FOLLOWING CHARACTERISTICS: TWO PARALLEL LINES, ONE IN THE RACE FILLET RADIUS, AND ONE ON THE SHANK BUTT O.D., EACH END OF THE INDICATIONS WERE CONNECTED BY LINES RUNNING FROM THE FILLET RADIUS OVER THE 90 DEGREE TRANSITION, AND INTO THE SHANK BUTT O.D.

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