# SDR 98ZZZX897

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: February 10, 1998
- Submitted: March 26, 2000
- Operation: General aviation
- Aircraft: N979ND
- Make and model: Cessna 182J
- Registry model: [Cessna 182J](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: 18257443
- Propeller: Mcauly 2A34C201
- System (JASC): [6111 · Propeller Blade Section](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/6111)
- Part: Blade
- Part number: 90DA8
- Condition: Cracked
- Location: Propeller
- Part time: 3,812 hours
- Stage of operation: IN
- Nature of condition: O
- Precautionary procedure: K
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/98ZZZX897

## Discrepancy

PROPELLER WAS SHOWING SIGNS OF ERRATIC PITCH CHANGE AND STICKING.  BLADE SHOWS EVIDENCE OF PREVIOUS IMPACT STRIKE.  THIS AIRCRAFT HAD PREVIOUSLY HAD A STUCK PRESSURE RELIEF VALVE IN THE GOVERNOR WHICH, AFTER DISCUSSION WITH THE PILOT, MAY HAVE CAUSED AN OVERSPEED TO THE PROPELLER.

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