Service difficulty report · Blade · Hughes 369D

Difficulty date
May 27, 2004
Submitted
November 2, 2004
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Hughes 369D
Aircraft time
10,778 hours
Part
Blade
Part number
369D21100523
Part serial
009999K032
Condition
Unserviceable
Location
Main Rotor
Part time
93,988 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
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

UPON INSPECTION, A LINE WAS NOTICED EXTENDING CHORDWISE FROM THE LOWER ROOT FITTING. AFTER REMOVING THE PAINT, THE DOULBER HAD ABOUT A 2.5 INCH CRACK THAT EXTENDED BOTH FOR AND AFT OF THE LOWER ROOT FITTING OF THE M/R BLADE. THE BLADE WAS REMOVED FORM SERVICE AND DISASSEMBLED. THE CRACK HAD GONE THRU THE MAIN SKIN OF THE BLADE AND THE DOUBLER. THE CRACK DID NOT GO THRU THE SPAR OF THE BLADE.