SDR ACE122407

Service difficulty report · Tube · Beech 1900C

Difficulty date
December 24, 2007
Submitted
December 27, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N111AX
Make and model
Beech 1900C
Aircraft serial
UC81
Aircraft time
48,537 hours, 40,668 cycles
Engine
Pwa PT6A65B
System (JASC)
3245 · Tire Tube
Part
Tube
Part number
G195X6758
Condition
Failed
Location
Nlg Tire
Part time
127 hours, 104 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 NOSE TIE VIBRATION. REPLACED FLAT NOSE TIRE. TEARDOWN INSPECTION OF TIRE INDICATED A BURST TUBE AT A INSTALLATION FOLD. INSPECTION OF TUBE MATERIAL AT BURST AREA APPEARED TO RESEMBLE A CRACK MORE THAN A TEAR. THIS IS THIS WAS THE LATEST OF A STRING OF FLAT TIRES FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS.

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