SDR 99ZZZX4378

Service difficulty report · Drive Spider · Israel 1125

Difficulty date
November 1, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N1125K
Make and model
Israel 1125
Aircraft serial
035
Part
Drive Spider
Part number
22470000019
Condition
Failed
Location
Nlg Steering
Part time
4,864 hours
Stage of operation
TX
Nature of condition
E
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

UPON LANDING ROA, FLT CREW EXPERIENCED SEVERE VIB'S FROM NLG. ACFT STOPPED IN THE NORMAL MANNER AND ALL TAXI AND STEERING INPUTS NORMAL. UPON INSP OF NLG, NOTED LT NLG WHEEL DRIVE SPIDER, PN 2247.0000.019, CRACKED COMPLETELY THRU ALONG ITS LONGITUDINAL AXIS. PINCH BOLT NUT, AN310-5, WAS BACKED OFF APPROX THE THICKNESS OF THE NUT ITSELF WITH THE COTTER PIN SHEARED. VISUAL INSP OF TORSION DRIVE AXLE ALLOWING KEYED DRIVE AXLE TO ROTATE WITHIN WHEEL DRIVE SPIDER. WHEN THIS OCCURRED, THE KEY, PN 2247.09000.020, CONTAINED WITHIN THE WHEEL DRIVE SPIDER, RODE UP AND OUT OF THE TORSION DRIVE AXLE KEYWAY SHEARING KEY'S ATTACHMENT SCREW, MS24693C51, EXERTING FORCE ON THE WHEEL DRIVE SPIDER TO SEVER ONE LEG OF ASSY.