Service difficulty report · Screw

Difficulty date
November 26, 2009
Submitted
January 19, 2010
Operation
General aviation
Propeller
Hartzl HCB3R302
Part
Screw
Part number
A0321
Condition
Broken
Location
Blade Clamp
Component
Blade Clamp · Hartzl
Component part number
C1977
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

(CAN) DURING DISASSEMBLY OF PROPELLER FOR OVERHAUL THE SAFETY LOCK WIRE ON ONE CLAMP BOLT WAS BEING CUT. AS THE WIRE WAS CUT THE BOLT FELL FROM ITS LOCATION IN THE BLADE CLAMP. IT IS BELIEVED THAT THE BOLT IS NOT A HARTZELL MANUFACTURED PART AS THE PART NUMBER IS NOT ON ITS OUTER CIRCUMFERENCE AS DESCRIBED IN HARTZELL SERVICE BULLETIN 137A. IT WAS ALSO NOTICED THAT THE TWO BLADE CLAMP HALVES WERE MISMATCHED BY SN WHICH IS NOT ACCEPTABLE PRACTICE IAW THE MANUFACTURER. THIS COULD HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE BOLT FAILURE (TC NR 20091127005)