Service difficulty report · Spinner · Jetair JETSTM4101

Difficulty date
February 25, 2015
Submitted
February 27, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N564HK
Make and model
Jetair JETSTM4101
Aircraft serial
41081
Aircraft time
22,421 hours, 21,904 cycles
Part
Spinner
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Propeller
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

ON THE FLIGHT, DURING CLIMB OUT EXPERIENCED MODERATE VIBRATIONS IN THE ACFT THAT BEGAN TO INTENSIFY. ALL ENG PARAMETERS & INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL. THE CAPTAIN DISCONNECTED THE AUTOPILOT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE FLIGHT & NOTICED NO ABNORMAL VIBRATIONS IN THE FLIGHT CONTROLS. THE CAPTAIN ELECTED TO RETURN & NOT KNOWING THE SOURCE OF THE VIBRATIONS, DECLARED AN EMER & LANDED WITHOUT ISSUE. THE VIBRATIONS PERSISTED UNTIL LANDING & SHUTDOWN. THE POST FLIGHT INSPECTION OF THE SPINNERS INDICATED THERE MIGHT BE SNOW INSIDE THE SPINNERS, BUT DUE TO THE LIMITED VIEW IN THE SPINNER OPENINGS, IT COULD NOT BE CONFIRMED. REMOVED THE SPINNERS & REMOVED SNOW FROM INSIDE BOTH SPINNERS. REINSTALLED THE SPINNERS. FLIGHT CREW RAN THE ENGS & VERIFIED THE VIBRATION WAS ELIMINATED. ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE WITH NO FURTHER DEFECTS NOTED.