Service difficulty report · Tube · Bag JETSTM3101

Difficulty date
January 19, 2000
Submitted
April 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Bag JETSTM3101
Part
Tube
Part number
101A703013
Part serial
BA66
Condition
Cracked
Location
Mlg
Part time
22,579 hours, 4,642 cycles
Component
Mlg
Component part number
B00A702925A
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

DURING OVERHAUL OF MLG, PN B00A702925A, SN BADL-475, SLIDE TUBE PN 101A703013, SN BA66, WAS FOUND TO HAVE A CRACK EXTENDING FROM THE TOP OF THE TUBE THROUGH THE HOLE FOR THE SOCKET SET SCREW, PN 741M1-4D, AND DOWN THE TUBE FOR AN ADDITIONAL 6.102 INCHES. THIS CRACK ALLOWED THE TUBE TO ''OPEN'' AND RELEASE THE PISTON S/A, PN 100A703172, AND IT WAS FOUND STUCK UP INSIDE THE CYLINDER. SUBJECT SLIDE TUBE HAS BEEN REJECTED, AND WILL BE REPLACED. (X)