Service difficulty report · Bearing · Beech B200CT

Difficulty date
December 15, 2015
Submitted
January 7, 2016
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Beech B200CT
Part
Bearing
Part number
13600LA902A3
Condition
Destroyed
Location
Nr 3 Wheel
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
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

THE WHEEL COVER WAS REMOVED DURING INSPECTION, AND IT WAS IMMEDIATELY OBVIOUS THAT THE OUTER WHEEL HALF BEARING HAD FAILED. ROLLERS FELL OUT WHEN THE CAP WAS REMOVED. THE BEARING STILL HAD LEFT OVER BAKED GREASE, SO IT WAS NOT PUT IN DRY. THE WHEEL NUT WAS TIGHT, AND HAD A COTTER KEY IN IT, BUT THE WHEEL WAS LOOSE BECAUSE OF THE FAILED BEARING. THE BEARING GOUGED THE AXLE, AND IT WILL PROBABLY NEED TO BE REPLACED. ACCORDING TO THE LOGS, THE WHEELS WERE SERVICED AND LUBED DURING THE LAST PHASE INSPECTION 1/2015. IT WAS NOT EVIDENT WHY THIS BEARING FAILED. MALYBE THE WHEEL NUT WAS OVER TIGHTENED CAUSING EXCESSIVE PRESSURE AND FRICTION.

More about the Beech B200CT