Service difficulty report · Tube · Parten P68C

Difficulty date
May 26, 2014
Submitted
May 26, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N3927U
Make and model
Parten P68C
Aircraft serial
282
Engine
Lyc IO360A1B6
System (JASC)
3245 · Tire Tube
Part
Tube
Part number
302061400
Part serial
JAN13
Condition
Split
Location
Lt Mlg Tire
Part time
220 hours, 400 cycles
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
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

LEFT MAIN TIRE WENT FLAT UPON TAXIING IN FROM LANDING. TIRE AND INNER TUBE REPLACED WITH NEW. TIRE WAS A 7.00 X 6, 8PR. INNER TUBE TR20, S02602. TIRE AND TUBE TIME IN SERVICE: 219.5, LANDINGS APPROX.:400. INNER TUBE FAILURE WAS A SLIT ON SIDEWALL DEVELOPING RADIALLY ALONG A MFG BONDING LINE APPROXIMATELY 1" LONG, RT MAIN TIRE AND TUBE CHANGED 16 HOURS LATER AND SAME MAKE AND MODEL INNER TUBE FOUND WITH SIMILAR SPLIT DEVELOPING ALONG MFG BONDING LINE. INNER TUBE TT IN SERVICE: 94.3HRS, APPROX. 180 LANDINGS.

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