Service difficulty report · Casting · Cessna T206H

Difficulty date
September 11, 2007
Submitted
November 29, 2007
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Cessna T206H
Aircraft serial
T20608105
Part
Casting
Part number
12116013
Condition
Cracked
Location
Mlg
Part time
1,776 hours
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

AIRCRAFT OPERATED ON MOSTLY UNIMPROVED AIRSTRIPS. PART IS SAME AS 206F AND G MODELS. PART IN QUESTION WAS INSTALLED AT TIME OF MFG OF AIRPLANE. CASTING CRACKED AND FAILED UPON LANDING. AFT BOLT ALSO WAS CRACKED AND SHEARED. LANDING WAS A NORMAL APPROACH AND LANDING. GEAR LEG BROKE LOOSE FROM OB CASTING AND PUSHED BACKWARDS, PINCHING BRAKE LINE AND LOCKING UP LT BRAKE. (K)

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