SDR AU960013

Service difficulty report · Accumulator · Piper PA34220T

Difficulty date
January 10, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Piper PA34220T
Propeller
Hartzl BHCC2YF2
Part
Accumulator
Part number
D20816
Condition
Faulty
Location
Prop Cntrl Sys
Component
Mcauly · D20816
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

(AUS) PROPELLER ACCUMULATOR EXTERNAL CASING SEVERELY CORRODED AND CHROME FINISH DELAMINATED - WHEN THE END CAPS WERE REMOVED IT WASFOUND THAT THE CHROME FINISH OF THE INTERNAL BORE WAS SEVERELY DELAMINATED AND THE ACCUMULATOR WAS HEAVILY CONTAMINATED WITHCHROME FLAKES ON BOTH SIDES OF THE FLOATING PISTON FURTHER EXAMINATION OF THE OIL SYSTEM COULD FIND NO MORE CONTAMINATION - SUSPECT UNIT WAS NOT NEW WHEN FITTED AND CHROME PLATING WAS POORLY APPLIED

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