Service difficulty report · Blade · Hughes 369D

Difficulty date
January 27, 2000
Submitted
January 22, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Hughes 369D
Aircraft time
6,865 hours
Engine
Allsn 250C20B
Part
Blade
Part number
369021100
Condition
Damaged
Location
Main Rotor
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
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

(CAN) M/R BLADES WERE FOUND TO HAVE DENTS THAT EXCEEDED THE .010 INCH LIMIT AND WERE LOCATED APPROX 23 INCH - 33 INCHES FROM THE TIP. M/R BLADES SENT TO AN APPROVED REPAIR FACILITY FOR FURTHER INSPECTION THE DENTS EXCEEDEDTHE ALLOWABLE LIMTS. HOWEVER THE LEADING AND TRAILING EDGES WERE NOT DAMAGED. M/R BLADES WERE SCRAPPED BECAUSE OF THE QUANTITY OF DENTS AND THE DISTANCE OF THE DENTS. IT IS NOT KNOWN HOW THIS DAMAGE OCCURRED.