Service difficulty report · Bolt · Cessna 550

Difficulty date
October 9, 2002
Submitted
June 5, 2003
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N26494
Make and model
Cessna 550
Aircraft serial
5500605
Aircraft time
8,533 hours, 5,190 cycles
Part
Bolt
Part number
NAS464P4A10
Condition
Broken
Location
Torque Tube
Part time
8,533 hours, 5,190 cycles
Component
Torque Tube · Cessna
Component part number
55421029
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
D
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AFTER TAKEOFF, PILOT NOTICED NOISE IN NOSE AREA, WIND NOISE IN COCKPIT. CREW WAS ABLE TO SEE NOSE GEAR DOORS WERE OPEN AND STEADY. REDUCED SPEED AND LOWERED LANDING GEAR WITH NO PROBLEMS. DOORS REMAINED OPEN AND STEADY. A/C LANDED WITHOUT MISHAP. FOUND THAT BOLT HAD BROKEN THAT HOLDS DOOR BELLCRANK/TORQUE TUBE IN POSITION. BOLT IS AT PIVOT POINT ON RT SIDE OF A/C. WHEN TORQUE TUBE WAS REMOVED, CRACK WAS FOUND BUT DETERMINED THAT THIS WAS NOT RELATED AND HAD BEEN THERE A LONG TIME. BOLT FOUND BREAK WAS TYPICAL OF OVER TORQUEING. BREAK WAS AT FIRST THREAD, HAD NO STRESS INDICATIONS. BOLT IS CLOSE TOLERANCE BOLT, NORMALLY HAS SHEARING LOAD IN INSTALLATION. BOLT WAS NOT SHEARED. REPLACED BOTH BOLTS AND TORQU

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