SDR AU970071

Service difficulty report · Propeller · Beech 95B55

Difficulty date
February 6, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Beech 95B55
Engine
Cont IO470L
Propeller
Mcauly 2AF34C55
Part
Propeller
Condition
Loose
Location
Propeller Assemb
Stage of operation
IN
Nature of condition
O, W
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

(AUS) LH ENGINE PROPELLER LOOSE ON CRANKSHAFT - ALL SIX RETAINING NUTS WERE LOOSE - FOLLOWING REMOVAL OF PROPELLER ONE OF TWO DOWELS WAS FOUND TO BE BROKEN - SUSPECT BOLTS WERE NOT TORQUED WHEN PROPELLER WAS REFITTED TWENTY THREE HOURS PREVIOUSLY (DEC 1996) - PERSONNEL/MAINTENANCE ERROR

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