Service difficulty report · Blades · Piper PA31T

Difficulty date
September 16, 2010
Submitted
January 4, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Piper PA31T
Propeller
Hartzl HCB3TN3
Part
Blades
Part number
T10173A8R
Condition
Wrong Part
Location
Propeller
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
W
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

UPON DISASSEMBLY OF THE PROPELLER AND REMOVAL OF BLADES, THE BLADES REMOVED WERE FOUND TO BE NON APPROVED BLADES FOR THIS ACFT INSTALLATION. THESE BLADES WERE ORIGIONALY T10173A-6Q. ALSO, ACCORDING TO MFG THERE IS NO APPROVED TIP DWG IN MANUAL 133C FOR A T10173-8R BLADE. SO WHO EVER CUT THESE BLADES DOWN FROM A -6Q HAD NO DATA TO GO BY. THESE BLADES WILL BE REPLACED WITH THE PROPER APPROVED BLADES.

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