SDR 98ZZZX3339

Service difficulty report · Blade · Hughes 369HS

Difficulty date
August 1, 1998
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N4467V
Make and model
Hughes 369HS
Aircraft serial
1203635
Part
Blade
Part number
369A1100503
Condition
Cracked
Location
Main Rotor
Part time
1,106 hours
Stage of operation
LD
Nature of condition
E
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

HELICOPTER INBOUND FOR LANDING WHEN PILOT NOTICED VIBRATION, MADE NORMAL LANDING. MAINT EXAM OF ROTOR SYS FOUND YELLOW BLADE CRACKED FROM TRAILING EDGE OF BLADE, BOTH TOP AND BOTTOM TO MAIN SPAR. CRACK LOCATED AT BLADE STA 71 OR 19.3750 INCHES FROM END OF ADJUSTABLE TAB. CRACK BEGAN AT T/E WITH A NICK ABOUT .0312 INCH AND FOLLOWED CRACKS THROUGH BOTH SIDES. ALSO ALONG THE CRACKS WAS A DENT FROM UNKNOWN CAUSES. ACFT HAD GONE THROUGH 100-HOUR INSP LESS THAN 6 HRS BEFORE THIS MALFUNCTION AND NO DAMAGE OR CRACKING DETECTED. CAUSE OF CRACK UNKNOWN. ADVISE ATTEN TO ROTOR SYS ON PRE-FLIGHT AND POST-FLIGHT INSP. NEW BLADE INSTALLED, AND TRACKED PER CHAP 7 OF MDHC MM. INSPECTED OTHER BLADES, NO DAMAGE OR NIC

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