R44 Door Hinge Cracks
Just wondering if anyone else has encountered this before.
On our R44 I found that both upper rear door hinges had cracks radiating from the same area which is about 10 mm behind the pin where the bend starts. Hinges should be checked every 100 hrs but due to one of them cracking underneath the paint it could be very easily missed. If you do check it yourself make sure that you dont use a sharp scraper that will burr over the crack but better still get your maintainer to do it with paint stripper and dye penetrant.
If it does crack all the way through and the door comes off in flight it could really spoil your day. So for this reason I have put in a defect report and notified the manufacturer but the due to the way the red tape wheel turns I thought I would post it on PPrune as a heads up to others. Please PM if anybody has seen it as well.
Thanks.