SDR 96ZZZX5032

Service difficulty report · Torque Tube · Cessna 310Q

Difficulty date
August 27, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N7872Q
Make and model
Cessna 310Q
Aircraft serial
310Q0653
Part
Torque Tube
Part number
504501019
Condition
Cracked
Location
Lt Mlg
Part time
5,000 hours
Stage of operation
CR
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

DURING FLIGHT, PILOT NOTED THE ACFT SEEMED SLOWER AND YAWING TO THE LEFT. FLYBY INDICATED THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR WAS DOWN WHILE THE RT AND NOSE WERE RETRACTED GEAR. SELECTED DOWN, ALL THREE INDICATED DOWN AND LOCKED. ACFT LANDED AT MAINTENANCE BASE WITHOUT INCIDENT. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE LEFT MAIN GEAR TORQUE TUBE HAD CRACKED AT THE FORK BOLT BOSS AND THE CRACK HAD PROGRESSED AROUND THE TORQUE TUBE IN A SPIRAL MANNER.

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