Service difficulty report · Manual

Difficulty date
September 30, 2005
Submitted
November 1, 2005
Operation
General aviation
Part
Manual
Condition
Inaccurate
Location
Maintenance
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

AFTER REVIEWING PRODUCTION FLT TEST PROCEDURE, IT WAS FOUND THAT NO MENTION OF PROP BOLTS TQ CHECK AFTER FIRST FLT AS RECOMMENDED BY MT PROPELLER DOCUMENT. AFTER REVIEWING MM , IT WAS FOUND THAT PROP BOLTS TQ CHECK AFTER FIRST 25HRS OF OP AS RECOMMENDED BY MT PROPELLER WAS MISSING IN SPECIAL INSPECT SECTION. AS PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE OWNERS OF MDL SA160 S/N S-0001, S-0002, S-0003,S-0004S-0005, S-0006 WERE CONTACTED BY PHONE AND ADVISED TO CARRY OUT PROP BOLTS TQ CHECK AS PER MT PROP, BEFORE NEXT FLT IF A/C HAD ACCUMULATED LESS THAN 100 HRS ON TACH IND SINCE DELIVERY, FOR A/C THAT HAD ACCUMULATED MORE THAN 100 HRS, RE-TQ SHOULD HAVE BEEN CARRIED OUT AS PER ANNUAL/100 HRS INSPECTION AS INCORPORATED IN MM INSPECT