Service difficulty report · O-Ring · Piper PA32300

Difficulty date
January 6, 2000
Submitted
January 22, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Piper PA32300
Aircraft time
2,199 hours
Engine
Lyc IO540K1A5
Part
O-Ring
Condition
Damaged
Location
Lt Mlg
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

(CAN) DURING COLD WEATHER LT MAIN GEAR OLEO FOUND TO BE STICKING. FOLLOWING DISASSEMBLY, IT WAS FOUND AN O-RING WAS USED TO REPLACE A QUAD-RING .THE O-RING HAD ROLLED.RT GEAR WAS DISSASSEMBLED, RE-SEALED AND SERVICED. THIS AIRCRAFT WAS PURCHASED 6 MONTHS AGO.REVIEW OF LOGBOOKS REVEALED NO MENTION OF RELATED PREVIOUS WORK.TOTAL AIRCRAFT TIME: 2186.1 HRS.

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