Service difficulty report · Strut · Cirrus SR20

Difficulty date
June 22, 2007
Submitted
June 22, 2007
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N217JH
Make and model
Cirrus SR20
Aircraft serial
1320
Aircraft time
562 hours
Engine
Cont IO360*
Part
Strut
Part number
11907004
Part serial
1040
Condition
Cracked
Location
Nlg
Part time
562 hours
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

NOSE LANDING GEAR STRUT HAS A CRACK AT THE TOP. THE STRUT COMES UP TO A Y FOR MOUNT. AT THE YOKE OF THE Y IS A WELDED REINFORCEMENT, AND THE CRACK IS AT THE TOP WHERE THIS REINFORCEMENT MEETS THE LEGS OF THE Y.

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