# SDR 95ZZZX2876

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: April 27, 1995
- Submitted: March 26, 2000
- Operation: General aviation
- Aircraft: N6508U
- Make and model: Hughes 369E
- Registry model: [Hughes 369E](https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-helicopters-369e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: 0084E
- System (JASC): [3213 · Main Landing Gear Strut/Axle/Truck](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/3213)
- Part: Strut
- Part number: 369H600142
- Condition: Cracked
- Location: Rt Fwd Strut
- Part time: 783 hours
- 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/95ZZZX2876

## Discrepancy

CRACKED LANDING STRUT, PN 369H6001-42 MD500 IPB, FIGURE 1, ITEM 26, PAGE 4.  AC TT 783.1.  CRACK RUNS FROM LOWER END OR UPPER UPWARD UNDER FAIRING MOUNTING PLATE APPROXIMATELY 4 INCHES LONG.  THERE IS NO INSPECTION REQUIREMENT TO INPSECT THIS AREA EXCEPT TO REMOVE THE LANDING FAIRING AT 100-HOUR INSPECTION.  THIS IS A SEALED AREA, THIS CRACK WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN FOUND HAD SEALING COMPOUND NOT BEEN REMOVED.  RECOMMEND REMOVING SEALING COMPOUND AND INSPECTING FOR CRACKS EVERY 300 FLIGHT HOURS.

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