Service difficulty report · Fork · Piper PA28RT201T

Difficulty date
September 6, 2011
Submitted
January 23, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Piper PA28RT201T
Aircraft time
2,492 hours
Engine
Cont TSIO360FB
Propeller
Hartzl PHCC3YF1
Part
Fork
Part number
F76632RB3252
Condition
Damaged
Location
Propeller
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

(CAN) UPON DISASSEMBLY AND VISUAL INSP OF THIS PROPELLER, WE FOUND 1 EA, A-2202 BEARING TO BE DENTED BEYOND REPAIR, THE HUB PRELOAD SHELVES TO BE DAMAGED FROM PREVIOUS IMPACT AT WHICH TIME THE HUB SHOULD HAVE BEEN SCRAPED OUT AND THE B-3252 FORK HAD BEEN DRILLED THROUGH THE WALL INTO THE BLOCK SLOT AREA WHICH MAKES THE FORK SCRAP. AT SOME POINT IN TIME, (PROBABLY LAST O/H), 1 BLADE IN THIS PROPELLER HAD BEEN REPLACED. AFTER INSPECTION OF THE BLADES, WE FOUND THE OTHER 2 EA, F7663-2R BLADE SHOULDER TO BE CRACKED IN THE PRELOAD SHOULDERS MAKING THEM SCRAP.

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