What was found
DURING REMOVAL OF RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR ASSY FOUND OUTER HOUSING OF FORWARD TRUNNION BEARING CRACKED COMPLETELY THROUGH. INSTALLED NEW ONE. BALL WAS EXTREMELY LOOSE IN HOUSING. LANDINGS: 8,189.
- Difficulty date
- October 21, 1999
- Submitted
- March 26, 2000
- Operation
- General aviation
- Filed by
- WTXR173J
West Star Aviation, LLC - Aircraft
- N37FA
- Make and model
- Lear 35A
- Aircraft serial
- 091
- System (JASC)
- 3211 · Main Landing Gear Attach Section
- Part
- Bearing
- Part number
- VTB0816
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Trunnion
- Part time
- 11,784 hours
- 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.