Service difficulty report · Support Bracket · Cessna 208B

Difficulty date
March 1, 2000
Submitted
April 14, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Cessna 208B
Aircraft time
16 hours
Part
Support Bracket
Part number
26431021
Condition
Loose
Location
Drag Link
Part time
103 hours
Component
Landing Gear Att · Cessna · 26430092
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

(CAN) THE PILOT REPORTED A THUMP WHEN POWER WAS INCREASED OR DECREASED. MAINTENANCE TRACED THE PROBLEM TO A LOOSE LINER IN THE FORWARD NOSE GEAR SPRING (DRAG LINK) SUPPORT. THE LINER COULD BE SEEN TO MOVE FORWARD AND AFT WITH THE APPLICATION OF POWER.

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