Western Aircraft Propeller Service SAIB NE-09-48
FAA
Aircraft Certification Service
SPECIAL AIRWORTHINESS INFORMATION BULLETIN
SAIB: NE-09-48
SUBJ: 6110 Propeller Assembly Date: August 14, 2009
This is information only. Recommendations aren’t mandatory.
Introduction
This Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin (SAIB) alerts you, (owners, operators, and certificated repair facilities) of any propeller, or any propeller component parts, repaired, inspected, or overhauled by Western Aircraft Propeller Service, Inc. (Air Agency Certificate #FQ6R544N) of potential nonconformities that might exist. We have received field service difficulty reports concerning two Hartzell Propeller, Inc. model PHC-C3YF-2UF (S/Ns EB1176 and EB1178) propellers installed on a Hawker Beechcraft Baron Model E55 airplane. We evaluated the propellers based on an owner complaint that his propellers were improperly overhauled. At this time, the airworthiness concern is not an unsafe condition that would warrant airworthiness directive (AD) action under Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) part 39.
SAIB NE-09-48 Attached
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Email this pageYou are correct, the SAIB was revised 9/24/10 and includes the following:
Since the original SAIB was issued, WAP worked diligently to address the concerns reflected in SAIB NE-09-48 by recertifying its personnel in Non-Destructive Testing and calibrating some of its instruments. As of the date of this SAIB revision, the FAA has found that WAP is fully qualified to exercise the privileges of its former limited ratings for McCauley 200/300/400 series threadless compact propellers and for non-destructive inspection, testing, and processing. Furthermore, the FAA has issued a limited propeller rating to WAP that recognizes WAP's authority to use a capability list, and has revised WAP's Operations Specifications accordingly. Capability list authority provides WAP with the immediate ability to add articles to its capability list in accordance with its FAA-accepted manual procedures.
The revised SAIB is at
http://rgl.faa.gov/Regulatory_and_Guidance_Library/rgSAIB.nsf/dc7bd4f27e5f107486257221005f069d/f44ba6a7a411ba60862577a8004fbca1/$FILE/NE-09-48R1.pdf
Western Aircraft Propeller got so screwed by FAA basically shut their show down for 10 months and then about a year later gave them everything back with no penalites. I support them 100% have had dozens of propellers overhauled by them and never a problem. Their Manager Laurie Marshall is great to work with....
This SAIB No longer Applies FAA revised it to read that Western Aircraft Propeller was found in compliance on everything.