Service difficulty report · Mount · Piper PA44180

Difficulty date
May 9, 2000
Submitted
June 27, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N28721
Make and model
Piper PA44180
Aircraft serial
447995296
Part
Mount
Part number
86212002
Condition
Broken
Location
Left
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 100-HOUR INSPECTION, FOUND LT ENGINE MOUNT CRACKED AND BROKEN. FAILURE WAS LOCATED BETWEEN THE UPPER AND LOWER OUTBOARD LORD MOUNT LOCATION. TUBULAR MEMBER WAS FOUND COMPLETELY SEVERED WITH SMALL PIECE OF MATERIAL MISSING. PIPER SB 937 AND SL 719, WHICH DEAL WITH MOUNT REINFORCEMENT HAD NOT BEEN COMPLIED WITH. OVERHAULED MOUNT INCORPORATING BULLETINS WAS INSTALLED. (X)

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