Service difficulty report · Wheel · Beech 1900D

Difficulty date
September 8, 2014
Submitted
September 8, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N165YV
Make and model
Beech 1900D
Aircraft serial
UE165
Part
Wheel
Part number
FE5002161CW
Condition
Cracked
Location
Vent Blower
Component
Vent Blower · Electromech · EM630
Component part number
11438002811
Stage of operation
UK
How discovered
O
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

RECEIVED VENT BLOWER IN FOR OVERHAUL. THE TECHNICIAN WAS REASSEMBLING THE VENT BLOWER, AFTER GETTING THE BLOWER ASSEMBLY TOGETHER HE PREPARED THE VENT BLOWER TO RUN IN THE BRUSHES. NOTED THAT WITH POWER APPLIED TO THE VENT BLOWER A NOISE, FAINT, WAS HEARD UPON SPINNING OF THE FAN. REMOVED POWER FROM THE VENT BLOWER, REMOVED THE VENT BLOWER FROM THE RUN IN BENCH. NOTED UPON INSPECTION THE WHEEL APPEARED LOOSE. FURTHER INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE SET SCREW USED TO SECURE THE BLOWER WHEEL TO THE ARMATURE SHAFT WAS CRACKED AT THE CORNER WHERE THE SET SCREW FLATS COME TOGETHER. R & R OF BLOWER WHEEL RESOLVED THE ISSUE.

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