Service difficulty report · Wheel · Piper PA23250

Difficulty date
September 9, 2004
Submitted
September 9, 2004
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N15FG
Make and model
Piper PA23250
Aircraft serial
277554112
Aircraft time
6,381 hours
Engine
Lyc TIO540*
Part
Wheel
Part number
40131
Condition
Cracked
Location
Mlg
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 AN ANNUAL INSPECTION, WAS UNABLE TO LOOSEN LT MAIN WHEEL AXLE NUT. TIRE PRESSURE WAS FOUND TO BE ABOUT 90 PSI INSTEAD OF RECOMMENDED 32 PSI. TIRE WAS DEFLATED AND AXLE NUT WAS ABLE TO BE REMOVED EASILY. WHEEL DISASSEMBLED AND INSPECTED. FOUND TO BE CRACKED IN TWO PLACES AROUND ADJACENT NUT PLATES. CRACKS WERE PROBABLY DUE TO OVER INFLATION OF TIRE. RT TIRE PRESSURE FOUND TO BE ABOUT 90 PSI ALSO. BOTH WHEEL ASSEEMBLIES REPLACED WITH NEW.

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