SDR 99ZZZX2574

Service difficulty report · Trunnion · Piper PA32RT300T

Difficulty date: June 22, 1999
Submitted: March 26, 2000
Operation: General aviation
Aircraft: N2148B
Make and model: Piper PA32RT300T
Aircraft serial: 32R7987030
System (JASC): 3230 · Landing Gear Retraction/Extension System
Part: Trunnion
Part number: 6705403
Condition: Cracked
Location: Nlg
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

DURING ANNUAL INSPECTION, SUBMITTER FOUND NUMEROUS CRACKS (7) IN MULTIPLE LOCATIONS ON NOSE GEAR TRUNNION. UPON FURTHER DISASSEMBLY OF NOSE GEAR TRUNNION, MORE CRACKS WERE FOUND INSIDE TRUNNION. THESE CRACKS COULD NOT BE SEEN UNLESS NOSE GEAR WAS DISASSEMBLED. NO CAUSE OTHER THAN FATIGUE COULD BE ESTABLISHED.

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