Service difficulty report · Shaft · Boeing 1072

Difficulty date
April 9, 2019
Submitted
April 16, 2019
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N6682
Make and model
Boeing 1072
Aircraft serial
101
Aircraft time
74,943 hours
Part
Shaft
Part number
A02D301112
Part serial
XL126
Condition
Cracked
Location
Main Rotor
Part time
14,642 hours
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
E
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

DURING THE 100HR AFT VERT SHAFT IN SERVICE INSPECTION OF THE UPPER PINS THE MAINTENANCE CREW GOT A READING OF A SUSPECT CRACK IN PIN 17. DUPLICATED DISCREPANCY MULTIPLE TIMES AFTER RE-CAL'ING MIZ AND USING DIFFERENT PROBES AND EVEN A SECOND MIZ TO CONFIRM. THIS SHAFT WAS R&R'D BY THE FIELD CREW AND RETURNED TO CHIR823C, WHERE EDDY CURRENT WAS AGAIN PERFORMED ON PIN 17 AND THE SUSPECT CRACK INDICATION WAS CONFIRMED. A MAGNETIC PARTICLE INSPECTION BEING PERFORMED IAW CHI 107-5 62-10-04 ALSO INDICATES A SUSPECT CRACK IN THE SAME AREA (SEE ATTACHED PICTURE). MAGNETIC PARTICLE INSPECTION RESULTS WERE RECORDED ON SWO-044405-19 TC# ROT-6210-0002 AND DISC-177819-19.PIN 17 WAS REMOVED AND ANOTHER MPI INSPECTION WAS PERFORMED. RESULTS SHOWED A CRACK ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE WALL OF THE UPPER EXTENSION. THIS AFT VERT SHAFT ASSY.WAS DEEMED UNREPAIRABLE AND WILL BE SCRAPPED.(FOR DETAILS SEE SWO-044405-19.)