Service difficulty report · Cylinder · Piper PA28180

Difficulty date
January 20, 2006
Submitted
February 24, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N8ML
Make and model
Piper PA28180
Aircraft serial
287205259
Engine
Lyc O360*
Part
Cylinder
Part number
65313
Condition
Cracked
Location
Lt Mlg
Part time
5,108 hours
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
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

DURING INSPECTION, FOUND ONE OF THE TORQUE LINK ATTACH EARS CRACKED FROM BOTTOM UP .7500 TOTAL LENGTH OF EAR. THIS AIRPLANE WAS USED PRIMARILY FOR FLIGHT TRAINING FOR LAST 1300 HOURS. WING WAS REPLACED IN 1981, BUT FOUND NO RECORD OF LANDING GEAR REPLACEMENT SO IT IS ASSUMED TO THE THE ORIGINAL CYLINDER. (K)

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