Service difficulty report · Bolt · Pilats PC1245

Difficulty date
May 15, 2007
Submitted
May 15, 2007
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N624AF
Make and model
Pilats PC1245
Aircraft serial
624
Aircraft time
1,576 hours, 1,459 cycles
Engine
Pwa PT6A67B
Engine time
1,576 hours, 1,459 cycles
Propeller
Hartzl HCE4A3D
Part
Bolt
Part number
5321012110
Condition
Broken
Location
Zone 700
Part time
1,576 hours, 1,459 cycles
Component
Landing Gear
Component part number
5321012050
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 A 100 HOUR INSPECTION, A VISUAL INSPECTION FOUND A BROKEN BOLT ON THE RT MLG. THE BOLT ATTACHED THE LOWER PART OF THE SHOCK ABSORBER TO LANDING GEAR LEG. THE PN OF THE BOLT IS MOST LIKELY 532.10.12.110. THERE IS A LATER PN 532.10.12.205 BUT THIS WAS PROBABLY NOT THE PART INSTALLED. THEIR WAS NO MARKING ON THE BOLT ITSELF MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE THE PN. THIS PROBLEM WAS PREVIOUSLY ADDRESSED BY AD 04-06-05 AND SB 32-015, BUT THIS AIRCRAFT AND SN OF THE LANDING GEAR IN QUESTION ARE WELL BEYOND THE AFFECTIVITY OF BOTH THE AD AND THE SB.