# SDR 2026FA0000690

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: September 4, 2026
- Submitted: September 12, 2026
- Operation: General aviation
- Aircraft: [N5202B](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5202B), registered now
- Make and model: Cessna 162
- Registry model: [Cessna 162](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-162) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: 16200012
- Aircraft time: 2,640 hours
- System (JASC): [3220 · Nose/Tail Landing Gear](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/3220)
- Part: Strut
- Part number: 094201021
- Condition: Damaged
- Location: Zone 700
- Part time: 2,640 hours
- Stage of operation: IN
- How discovered: V
- Nature of condition: O
- Precautionary procedure: K
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2026FA0000690

## Discrepancy

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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