Service difficulty report · Deice System · Cessna 402CESSNA

Difficulty date
June 18, 2003
Submitted
July 14, 2003
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Cessna 402CESSNA
Aircraft time
10,337 hours
Engine
Cont TSIO520E
Part
Deice System
Part number
P5855B5W
Condition
Damaged
Location
Prop Blade
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

(CAN) AFTER FLT THE PILOT NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A DE-ICE PAD MISSING ON THE LEFT PROP. WHILE WE WERE INSPECTING THE PROP, WE NOTICED THAT THE GLUE USED TO GLUE THE DE-ICE PAD HAD NOT DRIED OR HARDENED. THE BLADE HAD ONLY 91.1 HOURS AND IT ARRIVED FROM OVERHAUL. A TECHNICIAN FROM THAT OVERHAUL FACILITY ADVISED US THAT WE SHOULD ROLL ALL OTHER PROP DE-ICE PADS TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE PROPERLY GLUED.