SDR 98ZZZX3631

Service difficulty report · Strut · Lear 35A

Difficulty date
September 21, 1998
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Filed by
JGVR194F
Duncan Aviation Inc
Aircraft
N436BL
Make and model
Lear 35A
Aircraft serial
436
Part
Strut
Part number
2342100
Condition
Gouged
Location
Nlg
Part time
5,207 hours
Stage of operation
IN
Nature of condition
W
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

NOSE GEAR DOOR MECHANISM ROD ATTACH POINT BOLT P/N AN24-30 TO NOSE STRUT BEING INCORRECTLY INSTALLED AND IS CAUSING GOUGING TO THE SKIN AT FRAME 5, BS 160.77. IN REFERENCE TO THE ILLUSTRATION, THE POSITION OF THE BOLT HEAD SHOULD BE INSTALLED WITH THE BOLT HEAD FACING OTBD TO MAINTAIN CLEARANCE BETWEEN THE BOLT HEAD AND FRAME SKIN. THE GOUGING OCCURS WHEN THE BOLT HEAD IS BEING INSTALLED IN THE INBD POSITION AND THE THREADED PORTION OF THE BOLT IS GOUGING THE FRAME SKIN. THERE IS NO WRITTEN NOTE/CAUTION IN THE LEARJET MM TO THE CORRECT INSTALLATION OF THIS BOLT.

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