Service difficulty report · Smoke Goggles · Beech B300

Difficulty date
April 26, 2012
Submitted
April 26, 2012
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N291B
Make and model
Beech B300
Aircraft serial
FL559
Aircraft time
1,202 hours, 949 cycles
Part
Smoke Goggles
Part number
118077
Condition
Failed
Location
Cockpit
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

WHILE VISUALLY INSPECTING PILOT’S AND CO-PILOT’S SMOKE GOGGLES, BOTH RT AND LT RIVETS THAT ATTACH THE STRAPS TO THE GOGGLES LENSES FAILED, CAUSING THE STRAPS TO FALL OFF ALONG WITH THE GOGGLE LENSES. THIS WAS THE CASE WITH BOTH THE PILOT AND CO-PILOTS SIDES.

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