Service difficulty report · Hub · Saab SF340A

Difficulty date
July 26, 2004
Submitted
October 5, 2004
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Saab SF340A
Engine
Ge CT75A2
Propeller
Rotol R3894123F25
Part
Hub
Part number
660710840
Condition
Cracked
Location
Rt Propeller
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

(CAN) ON LANDING, PILOTS FELT A LIGHT VIBRATION ON THE RT PROPELLER WHEN FEATHERING. AFTER INVESTIGATION FOUND PROPELLER HUB MATING FACE AND PGB FLANGE WITH A LIGHT PLAY. 6 ATTACH BOLTS OUT OF 12 WERE FOUND TO BE 1 TURN LOOSE ALTHOUGH THE SAFETY WIRE WAS STILL INTACT. SOME BOLTS WERE JAMMED AND COULD NOT BE REMOVED. PROPELLER REMOVED AND FOUND STRETCHED THREADS IN HOLES AND ALSO 3 CRACKS FOUND BY NDT AROUND DOWEL PIN HOLE. WE ARE ASSUMING THAT THE HUB BOLT HOLES STRETCHED, THERE ARE SOME SB'S REGARDING THIS ISSUE THAT WERE ALREADY ACCOMPLISHED. NOTE THAT THIS HUB WAS NEW AND INSTALLED AT LAST OVERHAUL.

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