SDR ACE020508

Service difficulty report · Tube · Beech 1900C

Difficulty date
February 5, 2008
Submitted
February 7, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N113AX
Make and model
Beech 1900C
Aircraft serial
UC41
Aircraft time
51,329 hours
Engine
Pwa PT6A65B
System (JASC)
3245 · Tire Tube
Part
Tube
Part number
G195X6758
Condition
Split
Location
Nlg Tire
Part time
61 hours, 48 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

NOSE TIRE LOOSING AIR AFTER LANDING (BET) REPLACED NOSE TIRE ASSY (FOUND INNER TUBE SPLIT ON SEAM 1/8). THIS IS THE LATEST IN A STRING OF INNER TUBE FAILURES FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS. THIS WAS A CANADIAN MANUFACTURED TUBE AND THE FAILURE SEEMS TO BE AT A DEFECT IN A JOINING SEAM.

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