What was found
DURING 100-HOUR INSPECTION, FOUND RIGHT MLG U-BOLT BROKEN. UPON INSPECTION OF BOLT, SUBMITTER STATED IT APPEARS A CRACK HAD BEEN EVIDENT AND HAD FINALLY FAILED POSSIBLY DUE TO A HARD LANDING.
- Difficulty date
- June 13, 1996
- Submitted
- March 26, 2000
- Operation
- General aviation
- Aircraft
- N173DA
- Make and model
- Cessna 172G
- Aircraft serial
- 17253664
- System (JASC)
- 3211 · Main Landing Gear Attach Section
- Part
- U-Bolt
- Part number
- 0541153
- Condition
- Broken
- Location
- Rt Mlg
- Part time
- 4,500 hours
- Stage of operation
- IN
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.