AD 95-01-02

final rule
Data completeness: 70%

Hartzell Propeller, Inc., Model HC-B4 Series Propellers

AD Number
95-01-02
Status
final_rule
Effective Date
Product Category
propeller
Docket
94-ANE-59
FR Citation
Federal Register: January 12, 1995 (Volume 60, Number 8)

Applicability

TypeManufacturerModelDetails
aircraft Hartzell Propeller, Inc. HC-B4TN-5 Hartzell Propeller, Inc., Model HC-B4 Series Propellers

Unsafe Condition

Fatigue cracks can initiate in the propeller hub arm bore due to fretting caused by high stress loading during propeller ground resonance in the 'reactionless mode', and the current hub design and blade repair limits do not adequately prevent fatigue cracks or resonant speed shifts into the permitted ground idle operating range.

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Required Actions

Replace existing LT10282(B,K)-5.3R blades with LT10282N(B,K)-5.3R 'N' configuration blades, shot peen all 'N' blades, establish a 10,000-hour time-in-service retirement limit for 'N' blades, replace hubs with improved steel hubs, and inspect/rework steel hubs every 3,000 hours time-in-service.

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Compliance Time

Effective January 27, 1995

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Affected Aircraft

Hartzell Propeller, Inc. Model HC-B4TN-5(D,G,J)L/LT10282(B,K)-5.3R and HC-B4TN-5(D,G,J)L/LT10282N(B,K)-5.3R propellers installed on Mitsubishi MU-2 series aircraft.

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