Service difficulty report · Housing · Piper PA30

Difficulty date
July 8, 2011
Submitted
May 18, 2012
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N1NT
Make and model
Piper PA30
Aircraft serial
30262
Part
Housing
Part number
2075209
Part serial
261596
Condition
Cracked
Location
Rt Mlg
Part time
6,633 hours
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
K
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

ACFT ENCOUNTERED A SLIGHTLY HARDER-THAN-NORMAL LANDING. ON PARKING, IT WAS NOTICED THAT FLUID WAS ON THE GROUND BELOW THE RT MAIN GEAR. JACKING THE ACFT, CLEANED AND INSPECTED THE STRUT FOR ANYTHING OBVIOUS. DISASSEMBLED, RESEALED AND REASSEMBLED THE LOWER STRUT. DURING LOWERING THE GEAR AND SERVICING THE NITROGEN, THAT`S WHEN THE LEAK WAS READILY APPARENT.

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