SDR 99ZZZX796

Service difficulty report · Blade · Saab 340B

Difficulty date
April 30, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N330AE
Make and model
Saab 340B
Aircraft serial
340B330
Propeller
Hamstd 14RF19
Part
Blade
Part number
8022581
Condition
Damaged
Location
Propeller
Part time
6,409 hours
Component
RFC11710C
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

UPON EXAMINATION OF BLADE BUTT, AN INDICATION IN THE FILLET RADIUS WAS NOTED. THE FILLET RADIUS HAS A PORTION OF MATERIAL MISSING. THE MISSING PORTION IS APPROXIMATELY 0.170 INCH LONG AND APPROXIMATELY 0.050 INCH WIDE AT ITS WIDEST POINT. LOCATION IS APPROXIMATELY 0.500 INCH FROM THE SET SCREW HOLE CENTER APPROXIMTELY 0.250 INCH IN THE COUNTERCLOCKWISE DIRECTION IF VIEWED FROM THE BUTT END. THE AREA IS ORIENTED CIRCUMFERENTIALLY IN THE FILLET RADIUS.

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