Service difficulty report · Slip Ring · Beech 1900D

Difficulty date
October 13, 2015
Submitted
October 13, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Beech 1900D
Part
Slip Ring
Part number
4H30941
Part serial
130376
Condition
Bulged
Location
Propeller
Component
Propeller · Hartzl
Component part number
HCE4A3J
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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What was found

RECEIVED PROPELLER ASSEMBLY HC-E4A-3J TO REPAIR A LEAK. THE TECHNICIAN REPORTED THAT DURING DISASSEMBLY THE DIELECTRIC FILLER AROUND THE OUTER COPPER RING HAS DETERIORATED, CRACKED OUT, & THAT THE OUTER COPPER RING WAS LIFTED OR BULGED CAUSING THE SLIP RING RUN OUT TO BE OUT OF ACCEPTABLE LIMITS.

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