Service difficulty report · Tire · Beech B100

Difficulty date
April 15, 2004
Submitted
June 4, 2004
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Beech B100
Aircraft time
7,332 hours
Engine
Garrtt TPE3316252B
Propeller
Hartzl HCB4TN5
System (JASC)
3244 · Tire
Part
Tire
Part number
0283353
Condition
Chafed
Location
Mlg
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
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) MECHANIC NOTICED THAT TIRE SIDEWALL HAD RUBBED AGAINST BRAKE HOUSING, CREATING A GROOVE IN THE RUBBER. THERE WAS STATIC CLEARANCE BUT WHEN THE TIRE FLEXED ON LANDING IT COULD RUB AGAINST THE BRAKE HOUSING. CLEVELAND WHEELS AND BRAKES HAD BEEN INSTALLED IN AUGUST OF 1996 IAW STC SA646GL, OVERSIZE TIRES INSTALLED IAW CAT STC SA00185LA IN JANUARY OF 1997. THERE HAD BEEN NO PROBLEMS NOTED UNTIL RECENTLY. ALL CORRECT PARTS WERE IN PLACE. OTHER THREE TIRES WERE ALSO RUBBING, SOME WORSE THAN OTHERS. A SECOND COMPANY B100 ALSO HAD THE PROBLEM. REVERTED TO ORIGINAL SMALLER TIRES TO ALLEVIATE THE PROBLEM. MFG MAY HAVE CHANGED PROFILE OF TIRE AND THIS HAS CREATED PROBLEM BUT CANNOT CONFIRM THIS.

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