Service difficulty report · Blade · Hughes 369E

Difficulty date
December 27, 2000
Submitted
December 28, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Filed by
RX8R084N
Amentum Services Inc
Aircraft
N5247S
Make and model
Hughes 369E
Aircraft serial
0119E
Aircraft time
5,187 hours, 9,653 cycles
Engine
Allsn 250C20B
Engine time
5,072 hours, 5,320 cycles
Part
Blade
Part number
500P2100101
Condition
Delaminated
Location
Main Rotor
Part time
91 hours, 218 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

HELICOPTER TECHNOLOGY COMPANY MAIN ROTOR BLADES PN 500P2100-101 WERE INSTALLED NEW 8/14/00 TTAC 5096.0. BLADES WERE INSPECTED IAW A.D.2000-24-51 (MSB 2100-02) ON 11/11/00, TTAC 5149.7 AND NO DEFECTS WERE NOTED. BLADES WERE INSPECTED IAW A.D. 2000-25-52 (MSB 2100-02R2) ON 11/20/00, TTAC 5169.2 AND NO DEFECTD WERE NOTED. AD IS NOT RECURRING, BUT INSPECTED BLADES WITH A 100 HR INSPECTION ON 12/27/00, TTAC 5187.3 AND FOUND 2 BLADES DELAMINATED. RECOMMEND A. BE MADE RECURRING.

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