Service difficulty report · None · Cessna 120

Difficulty date
August 31, 2022
Submitted
August 31, 2022
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N313G
Make and model
Cessna 120
Aircraft serial
0255
Aircraft time
928 hours, 867 cycles
System (JASC)
3244 · Tire
Part
None
Part number
0266171
Part serial
0351P00142
Condition
Failed
Location
Zone 700
Part time
123 cycles
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
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 PILOT REPORTED DURING TAKEOFF FROM MEMPHIS INTERNATIONAL (MEM), AT ROTATION THE AIRCRAFT FELT LIKE A SIDE LOAD TO THE RIGHT WAS ENCOUNTERED POSSIBLY DUE TO WAKE TURBULENCE FROM DEPARTING LARGE AIRCRAFT. AFTER TAKEOFF, A PASSENGER STATED THAT A NOISE WAS HEARD DURING TAKEOFF FROM THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT CONTACTED MEMPHIS DEPARTURE AND STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT MAY HAVE HAD A TIRE FAILURE DURING TAKEOFF. MEMPHIS DEPARTURE STATED THAT TIRE MATERIAL WAS LOCATED ON THE DEPARTURE RUNWAY. AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING WAS ACCOMPLISHED AT LITTLE ROCK, AR (LIT), UPON LANDING IT WAS DETERMINED THE RIGHT MAIN TIRE HAD FAILED.

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