# SDR 96ZZZX5147

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: August 29, 1996
- Submitted: March 26, 2000
- Operation: General aviation
- Aircraft: [N40N](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N40N), registered now
- Make and model: Cessna 650
- Registry model: [Cessna 650](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-650) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: 6507031
- System (JASC): [3222 · Nose/Tail Landing Gear Strut/Axle](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/3222)
- Part: Piston Tube
- Condition: Disconnected
- Location: Nlg Strut
- Part time: 1,036 hours
- Component: 62420106
- Stage of operation: NR
- Nature of condition: O
- Precautionary procedure: K
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/96ZZZX5147

## Discrepancy

NOSE GEAR PISTON-TUBE DISCONNECTED FROM UPPER BARREL.  LOCKING ASSY, PN 6242124-1, BACKED OFF FROM PISTON TUBE, PN 6242122-2.  THE AFT TORQUE LINK WAS THE ONLY THING WHICH PREVENTED THE PISTON TUBE, WHEEL FORK, AND NOSE WHEEL FROM SEPARATING FROM AIRCRAFT.  LOCKING ASSY, PN 6242124-1, IS SECURED TO PISTON ASSY, PN 6242122-2, WITH 150 INCH/POUNDS OF TORQUE AND LOCTITE 609.  NO  MEANS OF SAFETYING.  TORQUE LINKS WERE ALSO BENT AND HAD TO BE REPLACED.

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