What was found
NOSE GEAR FORK ASSEMBLY FAILED. STRUT TUBE APPEARED TO BE CRACKED AS IT SEPARATED UNDER THE LOAD OF THE AIRCRAFT DURING TOW.
- Difficulty date
- December 9, 1999
- Submitted
- March 26, 2000
- Operation
- General aviation
- Aircraft
- N4162K
- Make and model
- Piper PA34220T
- Aircraft serial
- 3449097
- System (JASC)
- 3222 · Nose/Tail Landing Gear Strut/Axle
- Part
- Strut
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Nlg
- Part time
- 1,346 hours
- Component
- 3946103
- Stage of operation
- TX
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.