Service difficulty report · Bearing Race · Dhav DHC8311

Difficulty date
November 10, 2002
Submitted
November 12, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N343EN
Make and model
Dhav DHC8311
Aircraft serial
340
Aircraft time
19,362 hours, 21,942 cycles
Propeller
Hamstd 14SF23
Part
Bearing Race
Part number
8022241
Part serial
869246
Condition
Broken
Location
Nr 2 Propeller
Part time
13,914 hours, 5,408 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

NOISE COMING FROM NR 2 PROPELLER WHEN ROTATING. REPLACED NR 2 PROPELLER ASSEMBLY. DISASSEMBLY SHOWED DAMAGE TO THE NR 2 BLADE AND ITS SPLIT RING BEARING RACE. APPROXIMATELY ONE INCH OF MATERIAL HAS CRACKED/BROKEN AWAY FROM THE END OF ONE BEARING SPLIT RING HALF. FIVE BLADE BEARINGS WERE LOOSE INSIDE THE PROP HUB.