SDR 98ZZZX2984

Service difficulty report · Bungee · Cessna U206G

Difficulty date
July 14, 1998
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N7261N
Make and model
Cessna U206G
Aircraft serial
U20603591
Part
Bungee
Part number
126064411
Condition
Weak
Location
Nlg Steering
Part time
5,354 hours
Stage of operation
LD
Nature of condition
F
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

ON TWO NON-CONSECUTIVE LANDINGS WITH THE SAME PILOT, THE A/C VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY TO THE RIGHT. PILOT EXPRESSED A LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE A/C DUE TO AN UNSTEERABLE NOSE GEAR AND POSSIBLY A NOSE GEAR THAT MAY HAVE NOT BEEN FULLY CENTERED ON INITIAL CONTACT WITH RUNWAY. SUBSEQUENT INSP UNCOVERED NO DEFINITE CAUSE OR PROBLEM, HOWEVER, STEERING BUNGEE WAS REPLACED ALONG WITH A NOSE GEAR STRUT DISASSY AND INSP. SUSPECT CAUSE WAS LIKELY A COMBINATION OF A WEAKENED BUNGEE. A NOSE STRUT OVERSERVICED WITH AIR, THEREBY, NOT ALLOWING STRUT TO COMPRESS SUFFICIENTLY FOR PROPER STEERING AND PILOT'S LOW TIME AND EXPERIENCE.

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