Service difficulty report · Tube · Cessna 172N

Difficulty date
January 12, 2022
Submitted
October 13, 2022
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N737GR
Make and model
Cessna 172N
Aircraft serial
17269411
System (JASC)
3245 · Tire Tube
Part
Tube
Part number
500X59079080
Condition
Failed
Location
Nlg Tire
Component
Nlg Wheel · Cessna
Component part number
C1630050201
Stage of operation
TX
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

NLG TIRE DEFLATED ON LANDING ROLLOUT OF TRAINING FLIGHT. CFI IMMEDIATELY SHUT DOWN ENGINE ANO STOPPED A/C. RAI MAINT REMOVED A/C FROM RWY USING IRON DOLLY. NLG WHEEL REMOVED ANO DISASSEMBLED. INSPECTION REVEALED A CHAFFED HOLE ON THE MIDDLE SEAM CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE TUBE. RICK AVIATION HAS HAO FAILURES OF NOSE TIRE TUBES THAT WENT FLAT ON A PA-28R-201 ANO A C-172 WHILE TIED DOWN OVERNIGHT. BOTHA/C HAO CHAFFING AT THE SAME LOCATION. AS A CONSEQUENCE. !AW AC 43-13-LB. RAI HAS INSTITUTED A POLICY OF CHANGING TUBES AT EVERY NLG OR MLG TIRE CHANGE TO AVOID A POTENTIALLY MORE SERIOUS RESULT FROM A BLOWN NLG TIRE OR MLG TIRE

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