As g rosult of tho accolerated program during the Month of February to
got the radarand Gloctronics equipment in the aircraft in operational con
dition, this equipment oporated satisfactorily during the month of March with
only routine lino maintenanco and the repdacament of such axpendable items as
tubos, otc.
On 3 March a holiocopter taxied into such a position that the rotor
struck tho elevator on Siel6 4%79. This aircraft was AOCP for a propeller
and was parked on tho ramp by the maintanace hangar.
A replacement elovator
that had boon requisitioned from Kwajalein arrived and was installod on the
airoraft on 8 March, The roplacanent propeller arrived on 9 March and was
built-up and installed on 10 March, chocked okays
Generally during ‘the month this section
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was confronted with routine line
maintonanco functions with few items of major maintenance, as noted.
Tho operations schoduled quite a few water transition flights during the
month, which roquirod fresh-wator wash down after tho flight.
This was accom
plished without undue hardship.
On 25 March an Sirl6 was schodulod for water Transition , during which,
aftor the fourth water landing, tho #2 propcller wont into full foather during
tho un-rovorsing
cyclo and would not unfoathor,
The crow taxiod the aircraft
to the personnal pier on single engino and beached it thore.
Tm propeller was
checked, no doffocte were noted.
The foathoring switch was triod several timcs to no avail.
breaker was pulled out
Then,tho cireuit
and resot, and the foathering switch then actuated to unm
foathor at which timo the propeller came out of fcather and returned to normal,
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