SDR ACE120407

Service difficulty report · Tube · Beech 1900C

Difficulty date
December 4, 2007
Submitted
December 5, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N113AX
Make and model
Beech 1900C
Aircraft serial
UC41
Aircraft time
50,897 hours
Engine
Pwa PT6A65B
System (JASC)
3245 · Tire Tube
Part
Tube
Part number
G195X6758
Condition
Failed
Location
Nlg Tire
Part time
58 hours, 47 cycles
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
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

PILOT STOPPED AIRCRAFT ON TAXIWAY DUE VIBRATION FROM NOSE TIRE. MAINTENANCE REPLACED FLAT TIRE. INSPECTION OF TIRE AND TUBE IDENTIFIED A NAIL IN TIRE (UNDETERMINED IF THIS WAS CAUSE OF FAILURE) ADDITIONAL INSPECTION OF TUBE INDICATED POSSIBLE PROBLEM WITH TUBE CONSTRUCTION IN THAT TUBE SHOWS INDICATION OF FAULTY MATERIAL (TUBE TEARS EASILY BY HAND) AND WALL THICKNESS ABOUT HALF OF THAT OF A DIFFERENT TUBE OF THE SAME MFG (AND ABOUT HALF THE WEIGHT). THIS WAS THE LATEST OF A RECENT STRING OF FLAT TIRES FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS. MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED OF FINDINGS. QUESTIONABLE TUBE INDICATED FABRICATION IN EUROPE (HEAVIER TUBE CONSTRUCTED IN CANADA).

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