What was found
(CAN) FOLLOWING AN INSPECTION, RECOMMENDED BY THE MANUFACTURER, RT MAIN LANDING GEAR EXTENSION/RETRACTION TORQUE TUBE FOUND CRACKED IN TWO PLACES, AT THE FORK BOLT ATTACHMENT AND THE ARM CLOSE TO IT.
- Difficulty date
- April 4, 2005
- Submitted
- May 2, 2005
- Operation
- General aviation
- Make and model
- Cessna 310R
- Aircraft time
- 6,118 hours
- Engine
- Cont IO520MB
- Propeller
- Mcauly 3AF32C87
- System (JASC)
- 3230 · Landing Gear Retraction/Extension System
- Part
- Torque Tube
- Part number
- 504501025
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Rt Mlg
- Part time
- 12,576 cycles
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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