SDR 98ZZZX729

Service difficulty report · Side Stay Spring · Braero BAE125800A

Difficulty date
January 23, 1998
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Filed by
JGVR194F
Duncan Aviation Inc
Aircraft
N961JC
Make and model
Braero BAE125800A
Aircraft serial
258062
Part
Side Stay Spring
Part number
25UM403A
Condition
Failed
Location
Mlg Upper
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.

What was found

COULD NOT OBTAIN CLEARANCE BETWEEN CAM FACE AND ROLLER WHEN MLG SIDE STAY WAS FOLDED. FOUND SIDE STAY SPRING STRUT WAS NOT ALLOWING FULL SLOT TRAVEL. REMOVED SPRING STRUT, DISASSEMBLED AND FOUND SPRING COIL IN SPRING STRUT HAD CORRODED INTO TWO PIECES CAUSING IMPROPER OPERATION OF SPRING STRUT. SUGGEST THAT SPRING STRUT BE REMOVED, CLEANED, INSPECTED, LUBBED, AND REINSTALLED AT A MORE FREQUENT INTERVAL THAN 4,000 LANDINGS. SUGGEST AN INSPECTION OF 600 HOURS OR 24 MONTHS. LANDINGS, 2,150.