Service difficulty report · Boot · Robsin R22BETA

Difficulty date
March 22, 2001
Submitted
May 2, 2001
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Robsin R22BETA
Aircraft time
22 hours
Engine
Lyc O320B2C
Part
Boot
Part number
A1561
Condition
Leaking
Location
Main Rotor Blade
Part time
393 hours
Component
Main Rotor Blade · Robsin · A0052
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) AIRCRAFT PARKED OVERNIGHT WITH COVERS AND HEATERS ON THE ENGINE. OVERNIGHT TEMP -35C. PILOT HAD LEFT PRINCE GEORGE, B.C., THE PREVIOUS DAY AND TEMP WAS ABOUT +5C AT CYXS. PILOT NOTED NO DEFECTS THE MORNING OF DEPARTURE ON HIS PRE-FLIGHT AND AS HE REMOVED THE COVERS AND HEATERS. HE NOTED THAT OAT GAUGE READ -27 WHEN HE STARTED THE AIRCRAFT ON A WALK AROUND AFTER ARRIVING BACK TO PRINCE GEORGE, HE NOTED OIL ON THE ROTOR HEAD AND THE PYLON. REMOVED THE ROTOR BLADES AND FOUND THE INNER CLAMPS FOR THE BOOT LOOSE, TIGHTENED THEM AND REPLACED THE OIL. SUSPECT THAT WITH THE COLD WEATHER, THE BOOTS GOT STIFF AND THEN SLIPPED ON THE SPINDLE. AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN OPERATED OUT OF WARM HANGAR PRIOR.