JASC 3213
Service difficulty reports · 2,210
Reports filed under 3213 · Main Landing Gear Strut/Axle/Truck, newest first.
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SDR CAL950794Bearing · failedRDU - FLT 0238 - THE RT MLG BRAKE APPEARED TO BE DRAGGING AFTER LANDING AT RDU. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE NR 4 WHEEL BEARING ON THE RT MLG FAILED WITH RESULTANT DAMAGE TO THE AXLE. THE LOWER STRUT ASSY WAS REPLACED. BOTH THE NR 3 AND NR 4 BRAKE, TIRE AND WHEEL SDR 95ZZZX5208Snap Ring · failedDURING TAXI AFTER REFUELING, OPERATOR HEARD LOUD BANG & TAXIED TO HANGAR. MX FND HOLE IN TOP OF RT WING (APPROX 2 INCHES IN DIA), DIRECTLY ABOVE TOP OF RT MLG. FURTHER INVEST REVEALED RT MLG BARREL END PLUG HAD LEFT STRUT DUE TO FAILURE OF RETAINING RING. USDR 95ZZZX5602Air Valve · looseAFTER TAKEOFF, STRUT OLEO DID NOT FULLY EXTEND WHICH ALLOWED NOSE WHEEL TO TURN TO THE LEFT AND JAM FORWARD GEAR DOORS ON RETRACTION. AFTER NOSE WHEEL ALIGNMENT CONFIRMED CORRECT, AND UNEVENTFUL LANDING WAS MADE. AIR VALVE AT BASE OF NOSE GEAR STRUT FOUND NOSDR 95ZZZX4585Fitting · brokenONE-HUNDRED HOUR INSPECTION FOUND LT AFT GEAR SUPPORT BROKEN IN HALF. NO FURTHER DAMAGE FOUND. NO REPORTED DIFFICULTIES OR HARD LANDINGS BY PILOTS.SDR 95ZZZX4552Strut Assy · failedFAILURE OF RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR LOWER STRUT CAUSED AIRCRAFT TO VEER OFF RUNWAY CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT. LOWER SECTION SEPARATED FROM UPPER SECTION AT WELDED JOINT. NOTE: RECOMMEND ALL WELDED JOINTS ON LOWER STRUT BE INSPECTED, P/N OF CASTISDR 95ZZZX5948Torque Knee · bushing missingDURING A PROGRESSIVE INSPECTION, MAINTENANCE FOUND RT MLG UPPER TORQUE KNEE MISSING OUTBOARD BUSHING, PN 60-810024. THE TORQUE KNEE, PN 104-8100445, COMES FROM THE MANUFACTURER WITH THESE BUSHINGS INSTALLED. BEECH HAS NO APPROVED FIELD REPAIR CRITERIA FOR RESDR 95ZZZX5108Saddle · crackedDURING ANNUAL INSPECTION AND C/W AD 76-14-07R2, FOUND LT MAIN LANDING GEAR SADDLE CRACKED IN RADIUS OF FORWARD END.SDR 95ZZZX4491Trunnion · bolt missingDURING 100-HOUR INSPECTION, FOUND FORWARD TRUNNION FITTING HAD TOP RT BOLT MISSING, TOP LT AND BOTTOM RT BOLTS BENT AND LOOSE, AND 4TH BOLT LOOSE. PIPER SB 956 APPLIES TO THIS PROBLEM. COMPLIED WITH SB 956 ON ALL 4 TRUNNION FITITNGS.SDR 95ZZZX6102Torque Link · brokenRT MLG UPPER TORQUE LINK FAILED AT CENTER PIVOT POINT. THIS WAS CAUSED BY A LOCKING PIN FAILURE (ITEM 66A) AND (ITEM 67A).SDR 95ZZZX4389Trunnion · crackedFOUND LEFT MLG TRUNNION CRACKED AT UPPER WEB WHERE A HOLE HAS BEEN DRILLED FOR A CLAMP.SDR HEEA955540Crosstube · debondedCROSSTUBE PREBOND PEELED BEYOND LIMITS.SDR CA950817029Bolt · missing(CAN)THE BOLT OF THE RIGHT SCISSORS SEEMS TO HAVE BECOME UNDONE OR BROKEN OFF, WHICH LED TO AN APPROXIMATE 90 DEGREE TURN OF THE RIGHT WHEEL DURING DECELERATION OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT APPLIED LEFT BRAKE TO KEEP THE AIRCRAFT ON THE RUNWAY. THE BOLT WAS NOT SDR HEEA955492Skid Shoe · wornL/H AFT SKID SHOE WORN.SDR 95ZZZX4403Fitting · crackedWHILE PERFORMING DAILY SERVICE CHECK, NOTED CROSS-TUBE FITTING WAS CRACKED. FITTING WAS FOUND CRACKED IN THE SAME MANNER AS REPORTED ON MDR'S SUBMITTED ON 5-8-95 AND ON 2-7-94 AND EARLIER REPORTED CRACKED FITTINGS.SDR 95ZZZX3752Piston · corrodedTHIS HELICOPTER DEVELOPED GROUND RESONANCE AND SELF-DESTRUCTED. DURING THE ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION, NOTICED BOTH LEFT SHOCK STRUT AND THE SKID ATTACH LUGS WERE SEVERELY CORRODED (EXFOLIATED) AND SEPARATED. SUGGEST REMOVAL OF ALL SHOCK STRUTS DURING ANNUAL/100SDR 95ZZZX4297Strut · crackedRIGHT MAIN STRUT WAS FOUND CRACKED ADJACENT TO THE BOLTS THAT HOLD THE BRAKE ANCHOR PLATE TO THE STRUT.SDR 95ZZZX4296Strut · crackedLEFT MAIN STRUT WAS FOUND CRACKED ADJACENT TO THE BOLTS THAT HOLD THE BRAKE ANCHOR PLATE TO THE STRUT.SDR 95ZZZX4071Strut · corrodedHOT TURBINE EXHAUST IS DIRECTED ON TO LANDING GEAR V-STRUT (LEFT SIDE), CAUSING CORROSION INSIDE STEEL V-STRUT AT ABOUT MID-POINT OF STRUT. THIS UNIT HAD ABOUT 18 INCHES OF CORROSION.SDR 95ZZZX3493Stud · crackedWHILE PERFORMING INSPECTION PER AD 77-13-21, FOUND STRUT STUD BENT AND CRACKED. BOTH WERE WORN BEYOND LIMITS. FOUND OTHER SIDE TO HAVE THE LARGER STUD, BUSHINGS, AND MOUNTING CASTING AS USED ON THE LATER SINGLES. INSTALLED CORRECT PARTS.SDR EGRA95103Tube · dentedSKID TUBE ASSY DENTED BEYOND LIMITS REPLACED SKID TUBE ASSYSDR 95ZZZX3468Axle · failedRIGHT MAIN GEAR AXLE BROKE ON LANDING. CROSSWIND MAY HAVE BEEN A FACTOR. NOTE: AXLE SHIPPED TO PIPER AIRCRAFT FOR FAILURE ANALYSIS.SDR HEEA955130Cross Tube · mis mfgCROSSTUBE BEND RADIUS NOT BENT CORRECTLY WHEN COMPARED TO ANOTHER SERVICEABLE CROSSTUBE. WHEN CROSSTUBE IS ATTACHED TO SKIDS, AFT AND FWD CORNERS OF LANDING GEAR DO NOT TOUCH THE GROUND (2 1/2" TO 3 1/2")SDR HEEA955129Cross Tube · mis mfgCROSSTUBE BEND RADIUS NOT BENT CORRECTLY WHEN COMPARED TO ANOTHER SERVICEABLE CROSSTUBE. WHEN CROSSTUBE IS ATTACHED TO SKIDS, AFT AND FWD CORNERS OF LANDING GEAR DO NOT TOUCH THE GROUND (2 1/2" TO 3 1/2")SDR 95ZZZX2901Trunnion · crackedPILOT REPORTED RT STRUT WAS RIDING LOW. MAINTENANCE DISCOVERED A CRACK APPROXIMATELY 4 INCHES LONG ALONG SIDE THE CAST MARK OR SEAM IN THE UPPER GEAR TRUNNION. DURING DISASSEMBLY, NOTED THE STRUT BARREL WAS ALSO CRACKED. PILOT REPORTED NO UNUSUAL LANDINGS ASDR 95ZZZX2899Trunnion · failedA LOUD BANG AND SUDDEN JAR OF THE RUDDER PEDALS WAS NOTED WHEN LANDING GEAR WAS EXTENDED FOR NORMAL LANDING. NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED DURING ROLL-OUT. CESSNA SEB94-19 HAD NOT BEEN COMPLIED. INSPECTION REVEALED LOWER TRUNNION FAILED AS DESCRIBED IN THE SB. SUBMISDR 9508472296Strut · failedUPON TAKING THE ACTIVE RUNWAY AND CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF, THE AIRCRAFT TAXIED OVER A BUMP. A LARGE NOISE WAS HEARD AND AN UNSAFE INDICATION OF THE LEFT GEAR OCCURRED. THE AIRCRAFT LISTED TWO DEGREES TO THE LEFT, TAKEOFF WAS ABORTED. THE GEAR WAS PINNED AND THESDR 95ZZZX4480Ring Pack · wornRIGHT MAIN STRUT LEAKING HYDRAULIC FLUID. DISASSEMBLED STRUT AND FOUND RING PACK SUPPORT INNER BEARING MATERIAL LOOSE, WORN AND TORN. REPLACED RING PACK SUPPORT AND O-RINGS. NORMAL WEAR AND POSSIBLE ROUGH GEAR HANDLING.SDR 95ZZZX2884Bearing · failedCREW SQUAWKED, 'RIGHT BRAKE DRAGS AND NOISY'. FOUND INBOARD WHEEL BEARING DISINTEGRATED, NOTHING REMAINING EXCEPT INNER RACE OUTBOARD BEARING FAILED, ALL ROLLERS GONE. BOTH WHEEL HALVES 'WALLOWED OUT'. ONLY THING HOLDING WHEEL TO AXLE WAS CLEVELAND BRAKE CASDR 95ZZZX3223Strut · splitAIRCRAFT HAS EXTRA TANKS INSTALLED AND WAS FULLY FUELED FOR FLIGHT TO NEW ZEALAND. AIRCRAFT AUTHORIZED 125 PERCENT CTOW BY DIRECTORATE, BUT WAS LOADED TO 118 PERCENT CTOW. AIRCRAFT BEGAN TAKEOFF ROLL AND WAS TRAVELLING APPROXIMTELY 40 KNOTS WHEN TAKEOFF WAS SDR 95ZZZX2930Scraper Cap · corrodedDURING SHOP TEAR DOWN FOR INSPECTION/REPAIR DUE TO WORN BUSHINGS, FOUND STRUT CORROSION DAMAGE BEYOND LIMITS.SDR 95ZZZX2929Cylinder · wornDURING SHOP TEAR DOWN FOR INSPECTION/REPAIR DUE TO WORN BUSHINGS, FOUND STRUT CYLINDER I.D. WORN PAST LIMITS. SUSPECT CAUSE - POSSIBLE OIL CONTAMINATION.SDR 95ZZZX2928Pin · corrodedDURING SHOP TEAR DOWN FOR INSPECTION/REPAIR DUE TO WORN BUSHINGS, FOUND TORQUE ARM PIN PLATING CHIPPED OFF - CORROSION DAMAGE.SDR 95ZZZX2927Bearing · corrodedDURING SHOP TEAR DOWN FOR REPAIR AND INSPECTION DUE TO WORN BUSHINGS, FOUND CORROSION DAMAGE TO BEARING SURFACE.SDR 95ZZZX2622Housing · crackedDURING ANNUAL INSPECTION, FOUND BOTH MLG UPPER STRUT HOUSINGS (CYLINDERS) CRACKED AT INBD RADIUS OF TORQUE LINK BOSS. SUSPECT MOST LIKELY DUE TO HIGH TIME AND AIRCRAFT BEING USED FOR TRAINING.SDR 95ZZZX2697Axle · brokenON LANDING, LEFT MAIN GEAR AXLE CRACKED. THE OUTER HALF COMPLETELY SEPARATED FROM THE INNER HALF WHICH REMAINED ON THE GEAR LEG. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF PREVIOUS CRACKS OR HARD LANDINGS.SDR 95ZZZX2859Main Gear · wornTHE CLEARANCE BETWEEN B.L.G. AXLE AND NUT THREADS WAS FOUND TO BE 0.009 INCH TO 0.018 INCH. THERE ARE NO REFERENCES IN OHM 32-10-21 ABOUT DIMENSION/WEAR LIMITS. IN REPLY TO INQUIRY FOR INFORMATION, BOEING SENT THE THREADS DATA. THE PARTS WERE DIMENSIONALLY SDR 95ZZZX2876Strut · crackedCRACKED LANDING STRUT, PN 369H6001-42 MD500 IPB, FIGURE 1, ITEM 26, PAGE 4. AC TT 783.1. CRACK RUNS FROM LOWER END OR UPPER UPWARD UNDER FAIRING MOUNTING PLATE APPROXIMATELY 4 INCHES LONG. THERE IS NO INSPECTION REQUIREMENT TO INPSECT THIS AREA EXCEPT TO RESDR 95ZZZX2037Trunnion · crackedDURING A ROUTINE INSPECTION, A CRACK WAS DETECTED IN THE NOSE GEAR TRUNNION IN THE TUBE PORTION OF THE TRUNNION NEAR THE PIVOT ATTACH LUG. NEW TRUNNION INSTALLED IS BEEFIER IN AREA OF CRACK.SDR 95ZZZX2029Brace · crackedDURING 5-YEAR LANDING GEAR INSPECTION, CRACKS FOUND ON BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT MAIN BRACES USING FLUORESCENT PENETRANT INSPECTION. TWO CRACKS FOUND ON EACH BRACE. ONE CRACK ABOVE EACH TORQUE KNEE BOSS, ONE CRACK VISIBLE WITH NAKED EYE, THE OTHER 3 WERE ONLY VISISDR 95ZZZX2028Brace · crackedDURING 5-YEAR LANDING GEAR INSPECTION, CRACKS FOUND ON BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT MAIN BRACES USING FLUORESCENT PENETRANT INSPECTION. TWO CRACKS FOUND ON EACH BRACE. ONE CRACK ABOVE EACH TORQUE KNEE BOSS, ONE CRACK VISIBLE WITH NAKED EYE, THE OTHER 3 WERE ONLY VISISDR 95ZZZX2024Gear Leg · damagedIPT - FLT 4164 - AIRCRAFT SUFFERED DAMAGE TO LT MLG AS A RESULT OF IMPACTING A DEER ON TAKEOFF FROM IPT, AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO MDT FOR EMERGENCY LANDING. LT MLG COLLAPSED ON LANDING CAUSING DAMAGE TO LT ENGINE, PROPELLER AND OUTBOARD WING TIP. LT MLG ENGINE ASDR 95ZZZX5362Gear Piston · mismanufacturedDURING ROUTINE INSPECTION OF RT MLG, THE SAFETY WIRE ON THE WHEEL HEAT SHIELD WAS FOUND BROKEN. FURTHER INSPECTION FOUND THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE WHEEL KEYWAY LINERS AND THE MAIN GEAR SCISSOR LOWER ATTACH POINT WAS VERY CLOSE AND RUBBING ON LANDING AND HIGH SSDR 96ZZZM626Gland Nut · crackedDURING FLEET CAMPAIGN INSPECTION OF SHOCK ABSORBER GLAND NUT FOR CRACKS CORROSION, CRACK WAS FOUND ON NUT LOWER SECTION .25 INCH FROM THE RADIUS 1.5 INCH LONG. (PRC SEALEANT WAS MISSING SINCE LAST OVERHAUL). NUT WAS REPLACED BY NEW ONE, REST OF THE FLEED INSSDR 95ZZZW429Gland Nut · crackedDURING FLEET CAMPAIGN INSPECTION OF SHOCK ABSORBER GLAND NUT FOR CRACKS AND CORROSION, FOUND CRACK ON NUT LOWER SECTION .25 INCH FROM RADIOUS 1.5 INCH LONG. (PRC SEALANT WAS MISSING SINCE LAST OVH). NUT WAS REPLACED BY NEW ONE. (W)SDR 95ZZZX2653Trunnion · crackedCUSTOMER SENT AIRCRAFT IN FOR REPAIR. DYE PENETRANT INSPECTION REVEALED CRACK 2.25 INCHES LONG PARALLEL WITH TURN-STOP WHICH RUNS VERTICALLY. CUSTOMER REPORTED COMPONENT CRACKED SINCE 1976 AND SEES NO HARM ON REINSTALLING ON AIRCRAFT AS IS. CUSTOMER ALSO RESDR 95ZZZX2181Strut · defectiveOLEO STRUT DEFECTIVE AT THREADED CONNECTION.SDR 95ZZZX1507Bearing · failedON ARRIVAL ALB, PIC NOTICED RIGHT INBOARD TIRE AND WHEEL, PN 40273A, ASSEMBLY MISSING. SUBJECT WHEEL ASSEMBLY WAS LATER FOUND AT ROC, THE LAST AIRPORT OF DEPARTURE. IT APPEARS OUTBOARD AND INBOARD BEARINGS FAILED. RETAINING NUT AND COTTER PIN WERE FOUND STISDR USAA950207Torque Link · brokenHTS - FLT 1028 - ON TOUCHDOWN, AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT AND BOTH LEFT MAIN TIRES CAME OFF. AN EMEGENCY EVACUATION WAS NOT NECESSARY. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE LEFT UPPER TORQUE LINK. (Z)SDR 95ZZZX2640Trunnion · crackedFOUND LEFT MAIN GEAR TRUNNION CRACKED FROM BEHIND BRAKE LINE CLAMP HOLE INTO CYLINDER WHERE OLEO WOULD NOT HOLD PRESSURE. WHEN REPLACING STRUT, FOUND STRUT ON THIS TWIN COMANCHE WAS FROM A SINGLE COMANCHE (MUCH LIGHTER CONSTRUCTION). THE OLEO METERING PIN WASDR 95ZZZX1227Bearing · crackedC/W AD 90-02-13 STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF THE MAIN GEAR BARREL INNER BEARING, PER CESSNA SB MEB88-7A. FOUND RT AND LT INNER BEARINGS CRACKED PER EXAMPLE IN SB. REPLACED BEARINGS WITH NEW TYPE, PN 5141109-1.
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