AD 2020-12-07

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Airworthiness Directives; Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation Propellers

AD Number
2020-12-07
Status
final_rule
Effective Date
Product Category
propeller
Docket
Docket No. FAA-2019-1008
FR Citation
85 FR 36145

Unsafe Condition

Corrosion pitting and resultant intergranular radial crack in the propeller blade taper bore, which can lead to fatigue crack initiation and growth under service loading, resulting in blade separation and loss of the airplane.

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Required Actions

Initial and repetitive eddy current inspections (ECIs) of the affected propeller blades, and replacement of the propeller blades that fail the inspection.

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Compliance Time

Within 12 months of the effective date of this AD.

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Affected Aircraft

Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation 54H60 model propellers with blade serial numbers below 813320, manufactured before 1971.

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