Service difficulty report · Fairing · Hughes 369FF

Difficulty date
August 21, 2015
Submitted
August 27, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Filed by
H44R404H
Helicopter Flight Services Inc
Aircraft
N532EZ
Make and model
Hughes 369FF
Aircraft serial
0146FF
Aircraft time
1,641 hours, 12,921 cycles
Engine time
1,845 cycles
Part
Fairing
Part number
369D2100411
Condition
Failed
Location
Rotor Hub
Part time
1,641 hours, 12,921 cycles
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

CUSTOMER BROUGHT ACFT IN FOR ACCOMPLISHMENT OF REPETITIVE SB. DURING ACCOMPLISHMENT OF PRELIMINARY INSPECTION, NOTED ROTOR HUB FAIRING BROKEN OFF. PILOT RECALLED A SLIGHT BUFFET DURING FLIGHT BUT DID NOT THINK MUCH OF IT. PIECES AND HARDWARE FROM THE FAIRING HIT 2 OF THE ROTOR BLADES CAUSING NONREPAIRABLE DAMAGE AND THE BLADES HAVE BEEN DECLARED UNAIRWORTHY BY THE BLADE MFG. THE ONLY OTHER DAMAGE WAS A MINOR DENT ON THE LOWER HALF OF THE VERTICAL FIN WHICH THE SRM CONSIDERS NEGLIGIBLE DAMAGE, NO REPAIR REQUIRED.

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