SDR FFKA118

Service difficulty report · Crankshaft · Piper PA34200T

Difficulty date
May 17, 2007
Submitted
May 21, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N6935C
Make and model
Piper PA34200T
Aircraft serial
347870167
Aircraft time
14,828 hours
Engine
Cont TSIO360EB
Engine time
1,286 hours
Propeller
Hartzl BHCC2YF2
Part
Crankshaft
Part number
643627
Condition
Cracked
Location
Nr 1 Engine
Part time
1,286 hours
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
K
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

PILOT REPORTED AN OIL LEAK COMING FROM THE LEFT (NR 1) ENGINE AFTER FINISHING THEIR FLIGHT FOR THE DAY. MAINTENANCE INVESTIGATED THE OIL LEAK AND FOUND THE CRANKSHAFT CRACKED AROUND THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE PROPELLER FLANGE. WHEN MAINTENANCE STARTED TO REMOVE THE PROPELLER THEY FOUND AN O-RING IN-BETWEEN THE PROPELLER HUB AND THE CRANKSHAFT FLANGE, WHICH WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE THERE. THIS MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE FAILURE.

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