Service difficulty report · Shoulder Screw · Beech 95B55

Difficulty date
September 26, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Beech 95B55
Engine
Cont IO470L
Propeller
Hartzl BHCC2YF2
Part
Shoulder Screw
Part number
15701595
Condition
Backed Out
Location
Nr 1 Prop
Component
57B1593
Stage of operation
DE
Nature of condition
R
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

(CAN) ON APPROACH THE #1 PROPELLER RPM DROPPED WHEN THE POWER WAS REDUCED. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT, BUT THE PROPELLER FEATHERED ON SHUTDOWN. THE PROP WAS REPLACED AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. DISASSEMBLY OF THE FAULTY PROPELLER FOUND THE SHOULDER SCREW HAD BACKED OUT OF BRACKET P/N 57B1593, THIS SCREW IS HELD IN BY LOCTITE. THE SCREW AND BRACKET WERE REPLACED AND THE PROPELLER RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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