SDR 98ZZZX1272

Service difficulty report · Case Half · Hughes 369HS

Difficulty date
March 9, 1998
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N13WD
Make and model
Hughes 369HS
Aircraft serial
685
Engine
Allsn 250C20
Part
Case Half
Part number
68774210
Condition
Eroded
Location
Comp Module
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

A SLIGHT RUB WAS HEARD IN THE COMPRESSOR WHEN THE N1 WAS ROTATED. UPON CASE HALF REMOVAL FOR INSPECTION, SEVERE VANE EROSION WAS FOUND. THE CHORD OF ONE VANE WAS SO THIN AS TO CAUSE THE VANE TO BEND AND RUB ON THE COMPRESSOR ROTOR. SUBMITTER SUSPECTS CASE HALF INSPECTIONS FOR OPERATION IN AN EROSIVE ENVIRONMENT WERE NOT CARRIED OUT PER THE MM.

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