# SDR 95ZZZX1270

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: February 1, 1995
- Submitted: March 26, 2000
- Operation: General aviation
- Aircraft: [N220AM](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N220AM), registered now
- Make and model: Swrngn SA226TC
- Aircraft serial: TC234
- System (JASC): [3213 · Main Landing Gear Strut/Axle/Truck](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/3213)
- Part: Strut
- Condition: Failed
- Location: Mlg
- Component: Ozone
- Stage of operation: IN
- Nature of condition: O
- Precautionary procedure: K
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/95ZZZX1270

## Discrepancy

FAILURE OF THE FORGED ALUMINUM PNEUMATIC HOUSING ON A LANDING GEAR STRUT ON SA226TC ACFT RESULTED AFTER APPROXIMATELY 27,000 HOURS SERVICE.  THE FAILED, LOWER PORTION OF THIS STRUT ASSEMBLY, AND AN ADDITIONAL STRUT ASSEMBLY FROM AN UNIDENTIFIED AIRCRAFT CONTAINING A SIMILAR CRACK IN THE ALUMINUM HOUSING AND INCLUDING THE INTACT STEEL CYCLINDER ASSEMBLY, WERE SUBMITTED FOR EXAMINATION.

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