Service difficulty report · Propeller · Dhav DHC8102

Difficulty date
March 23, 2008
Submitted
March 24, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N942HA
Make and model
Dhav DHC8102
Aircraft serial
163
Aircraft time
48,746 hours, 53,963 cycles
Propeller
Hamstd 14SF7
Part
Propeller
Part number
14SF7
Part serial
940408
Condition
Out Of Balance
Location
Nr 2 Engine
Part time
18,250 hours, 19,685 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
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

AIRCRAFT WAS EN ROUTE FROM LGA TO ORF, THE CAPTAIN NOTIFIED DISPATCH NORTH OF SBY THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS ENCOUNTERING A MODERATE TO HEAVY PROPELLER VIBRATION AT ALL RPM SETTINGS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DIVERTED TO SBY. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT NR 2 PROPELLER WAS CAUSING THE VIBRATION. THE PROPELLER WAS REMOVED, STATIC BALANCED AND RE-INSTALLED, GROUND RUN WAS SATISFACTORY.