Service difficulty report · Yoke · Beech B24R

Difficulty date
May 27, 2017
Submitted
June 21, 2017
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N9270S
Make and model
Beech B24R
Aircraft serial
MC392
Aircraft time
4,004 hours
Part
Yoke
Part number
16982001621
Condition
Cracked
Location
Nlg
Part time
4,004 hours
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
O
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

THE NOSE GEAR YOKE ASSEMBLY DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT AFTER A HARD LANDING WAS PERFORMED. FURTHER INSPECTION OF THE NOSE GEAR YOKE ASSEMBLY REVELED EXISTING CORROSION IN THE STRUT WITH SIGNS OF AN EXISTING CRACK. THE CORROSION AND CRACK OCCURRED AT THE TOP OF THE STRUT WHERE IT IS ATTACHED TO THE YOKE ASSEMBLY.

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