SDR 99ZZZX4151

Service difficulty report · Wheel · Cessna 414

Difficulty date
October 11, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Filed by
VA1R551K
RAM Aircraft, Limited Partnership
Aircraft
N220RH
Make and model
Cessna 414
Aircraft serial
4140905
Part
Wheel
Part number
D302104
Condition
Failed
Location
Nlg
Part time
3,685 hours
Component
99101941
Stage of operation
TX
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

WHEEL FLANGE, PN D30210-4, SEPARATED FROM HUB ASSY. PN D30321 AND TUBE BLOW-OUT ON LANDING ROLL-OUT AFTER MAINT TEST FLIGHT AT THIS REPAIR STATION. A NEW TIRE HAD BEEN INSTALLED AT CRS BUER634C BEFORE A FERRY FLIGHT TO ACT FOR ENG OVERHAUL. FLIGHT TIME SINCE TIRE INSTALLATION WAS 5.6 HOURS WITH THREE LANDINGS. THE SIX SCREWS PN A1368-1 WHICH RETAIN WHEEL FLANGE TO HUB HAD PULLED THREADS OUT OF HUB AND SEPARATED. TOTAL THREADED SHANK LENGTH OF PN A1638-1 SCREW IS ONE INCH. SCREWS PENETRATE HUB MORE THAN .7 INCH WHEN TIGHT. DEPTH OF THREAD DAMAGE IN HUB MEASURED .4 INCH IN THREE HOLES, .3 INCH IN ONE HOLE, AND .2 INCH IN TWO REMAINING HOLES. THIS INDICATES SCREWS HAD BACKED OUT AT TIME OF FINAL FAILURE.

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