Service difficulty report · Bolt · Gulstm GVSP

Difficulty date
April 29, 2014
Submitted
June 27, 2014
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N725MM
Make and model
Gulstm GVSP
Aircraft serial
5161
Part
Bolt
Condition
Loose
Location
Wheel Drive
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

AIRCRAFT FLIGHT CREW REPORTED SHUTTER WHEN BRAKES APPLIED FOR PARKING AFTER FLIGHT. INSPECTION OF BRAKES BY MAINTENANCE, REVEALED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO NR 3 BRAKE. FURTHER INVESTIGATION, IN WHAT WAS DETERMINED TO BE A WHEEL DRIVE BAR BOLT HAD BECOME LOOSE AND WAS MAKING CONTACT WITHTHE BRAKE ASSY AS THE WHEEL TURNED. THE DRIVE BAR BOLT NUT WAS DETERMINED TO BE MISSING, CAUSING THE BOLT TO FALL DOWN FROM ITS MOUNTING HOLE. THE WHEEL AND BRAKE WERE SENT FOR REVIEW. WHEEL, PN AHA2114, PN 1159SCL503-7, SN YX044. THE WHEEL WAS FOUND TO HAVE UNDER TORQUED DRIVE BAR BOLTS, WITH NO ANTI-SEIZE COMPOUND APPLIED. THE WHEEL WAS ALSO FOUND TO HAVE MULTIPLE OTHER ISSUES AS NOTED. THE WHEEL WAS FOUND TO BE UNREPAIRABLE AND SCRAPPED. THE BRAKE WAS FOUND TO HAVE EXTENSIVE DAMAGE AND WAS ALSO SCRAPPED. THE WHEEL HAD BEEN INSTALLED ON ACFT, AFTER HAVING BEEN O/H. FSDO IS AWARE OF INCIDENT AND IS CONTACT WITH O/H FACILITY.