What was found
DURING A 100-HOUR / CONDITIONAL INSPECTION OF ACFT, DAMAGE WAS FOUND IN THE NOSE LANDING GEAR STRUT ASSEMBLY. ITEM #25 (P/N 0942010-21 “WASHER – KEYED”) ROTATED AND CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE KEYWAY IN ITEM #11 (P/N 0942005-8 “ROD ASSEMBLY”) AND ALLOWED ITEM #26 (P/N 0942010-19 “NUT”) TO ROTATE AS WELL, WHICH INTRODUCED SLACK IN THE ASSEMBLY. THE SAFETY WIRE BETWEEN ITEMS #25 AND 26 REMAINED INTACT, BUT AS THERE WAS NO POSITIVE LOCK ON THE SYSTEM IT IS POSSIBLE THAT GIVEN ENOUGH TIME, #25 COULD BACK OFF ENTIRELY AND ALLOW THE STRUT TO DISASSEMBLE.
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