Service difficulty report · Pin · Hughes 369D

Difficulty date
November 25, 2000
Submitted
January 19, 2001
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Hughes 369D
Aircraft time
10,964 hours
Engine
Allsn 250C20B
Part
Pin
Part number
369A10045
Condition
Broken
Location
M/R Blade
Part time
5,011 hours
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E
Precautionary procedure
E, A

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

What was found

(CAN) DURING AN APPROACH FOR LANDING TO REFUEL, THE PILOT AND ENGINEER ON BOARD EXPERIENCED A NOTICEABLE VIBRATION. UPON LANDING THE ENGINEER FOUND THAT A M/R BLADE PIN WAS SITTING A BIT HIGHER THAN THE OTHERS. WHEN HE UNLATCHED TO PIN, THE THREADED PORTION OF THE PIN DROPPED OUT, INDICATING THAT IT HAD BROKEN NEAR THE SHANK AND TOP OF THE THREADED REGION. THE AIRCRAFT WAS GROUNDED, NEW PIN ORDERED, AND ALL OF THE REMAINING M/RBLADES PINS WERE INSPECTED..