What was found
WHILE PERFORMING A PREFLIGHT INSPECTION THE PILOT FOUND THE AFT SPINNER BULKHEAD CRACKED AT THE EDGE WHERE THE PROP EXITS THE SPINNER. REMOVED PROP AND INSTALLED NEW SPINNER BULKHEAD P/N 0550321-12.
- Difficulty date
- July 21, 2020
- Submitted
- July 22, 2020
- Operation
- General aviation
- Filed by
- IKBR028F
The Ohio State University Airport - Aircraft
- N20SU
- Make and model
- Cessna 172S
- Aircraft serial
- 172S11623
- Aircraft time
- 2,791 hours
- Engine
- Lyc IO360L2A
- Engine time
- 408 hours
- System (JASC)
- 6113 · Propeller Spinner Section
- Part
- Bulkhead
- Part number
- 055032112
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Prop Spinner
- Part time
- 2,791 hours
- Stage of operation
- NR
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.