SDR 99ZZZX2648

Service difficulty report · Strut · Piper PA28161

Difficulty date
July 1, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N8166B
Make and model
Piper PA28161
Aircraft serial
288216129
Part
Strut
Part number
65319004
Condition
Detached
Location
Rt Mlg
Part time
9,478 hours
Stage of operation
AP
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT BEING USED FOR FLIGHT INSTRUCTION UNDER PART 91. AFTER LANDING DURING A TOUCH-AND-GO, PILOT FELT A SEVERE VIBRATION. WHILE EXECUTING GO-AROUND, BYSTANDERS NOTICED SOMETHING 'HANGING' UNDER RT WING. THE RT MLG TRUNNION HAD BROKEN AT THE UPPER TORQUE LINK ATTACH EARS AND THE LOWER STRUT AND WHEEL ASSY WERE ATTACHED TO THE ACFT ONLY BY THE BRAKE HOSE. THE PILOT LANDED ON WHAT REMAINED OF THE GEAR. THE RT WING, RT FLAP, AND STABILATOR WERE DAMAGED BY THE LOWER STRUT AND WHEEL ASSY. THE ACFT IS AN '82 PIPER PA28161 WITH 9,477 TT HRS, ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY FLIGHT SCHOOL OPER. RECORDS SHOW NO ENTRIES OF LANDING GEAR TRUNNION REPLACEMENT. SUBMITTER STATED PART TT BELIEVED TO BE 9,477 HRS.

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