Service difficulty report · Bearing · Beech 1900D

Difficulty date
November 10, 2001
Submitted
February 5, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Beech 1900D
Aircraft time
6,865 hours
Engine
Pwa PT6A67D
Propeller
Hartzl HCE4A3I
Part
Bearing
Condition
Fractured
Location
Prop Hub
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) DURING A SHOP VISIT FOR A SHEATH REPLACEMENT ON ONE OF THE PROP BLADES THE REPAIR SHOP FOUND ONE OF THE BLADE BEARINGS FRACTURED AND ONLY BEING HELD IN PLACE BY THE MATING OF THE TWO HUB HALVES. THE PROP HAD NO EXTERNAL EVIDENCE OF THE FRACTURED BEARING SUCH AS BEING LOOSE OR STICKING AND WAS ONLY EVIDENT WHEN THE HUBS WERE SEPARATED. THE FRACTURED PIECE ALSO CAUSED A FRETTING DAMAGE TO THE HUB WHICH IS NOW BEING ACCESSED BY HARTZELL AND WILL LIKELY BE BEYOND REPAIRABLE LIMITS.

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