Service difficulty report · Bearing · Dhav DHC8101

Difficulty date
August 29, 2009
Submitted
October 23, 2009
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Dhav DHC8101
Engine
Pwa PW120A
Propeller
Hamstd 14SF7
Part
Bearing
Part number
7823011
Condition
Damaged
Location
Prop Blade
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E, K
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

FLT CREW REPORTED ABNORMAL VIBRATION THROUGHOUT ACFT IN ALL PHASES OF FLIGHT. VIBRATION BECAME WORSE WITH PROPS AT MAX AND HIGHER TORQUE SETTINGS. ACFT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. AFTER LANDING, RT ENG NACELLE WAS FOUND TO BE COATED WITH FLUID. ALL ENGINE INSTRUMENTS INDICATED NORMAL OPERATING CONDITIONS AND THERE WERE NO ASSOCIATED WARNING OR CAUTION LIGHTS. MX REPORTED THAT WHILE REMOVING PROPELLER, NR 4 BLADE HAD EXCESSIVE PLAY. PROPELLER ASSY WAS DISASSEMBLED AND IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT INNER RACE BRG PN 782302-1 AND OUTER RACE PN 782301-1 HAD DISINTEGRATED.