What was found
PILOT REPORTED VIBRATION AND POWER LOSS. INVESTIGATION FOUND PITCH CHANGE PHENOLIC BUSHING ON ONE BLADE BROKEN ALLOWING BLADE TO MOVE TO LOWER PITCH THAN OTHER BLADE.
- Difficulty date
- July 15, 1997
- Submitted
- March 26, 2000
- Operation
- General aviation
- Aircraft
- N6285A
- Make and model
- Cessna 182
- Aircraft serial
- 33085
- Propeller
- Hartzl HC82V*
- System (JASC)
- 6111 · Propeller Blade Section
- Part
- Bushing
- Condition
- Broken
- Location
- Blade Pitch
- 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.