SDR 2006F00055

Service difficulty report · Wheel · Piper J4A

Difficulty date
November 6, 2006
Submitted
November 6, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N770V
Make and model
Piper J4A
Aircraft serial
4730
Aircraft time
1,664 hours, 1,511 cycles
Part
Wheel
Part number
300257
Part serial
A5311
Condition
Cracked
Location
Mlg
Part time
1,664 hours, 1,511 cycles
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

CREW REPORTED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS MAIN LANDING GEAR TIRE AS APPEARING LOW. AFTER 2 PREVIOUS SAME MAKE, MODEL, AND PN WHEELS BEING FOUND CRACKED, INSPECTED WHEEL HALVES AND FOUND ONE CRACK RADIATING FROM BOLT HOLE TO BEAD SEAT AREA. REPEAT THIRD OCCASION OF SAME DEFECT IN LAST 3 MONTHS.

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