Service difficulty report · Tube · Beech B99

Difficulty date
May 4, 2005
Submitted
June 2, 2005
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Beech B99
Aircraft time
38,032 hours
Engine
Pwa PT6A28
Propeller
Hartzl HCB3TN3
System (JASC)
3245 · Tire Tube
Part
Tube
Part number
302039402
Condition
Torn
Location
Tire
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
D
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

(CAN) UPON LANDING CREW NOTICED VIBRATION CONSISTENT WITH FLAT TIRE. CONFIRMED AFTER SHUT-DOWN. MAINT WAS DISPATCHED TO REPLACE FLAT TIRE. WHEN FLAT TIRE WAS DISASSEMBLE, NOTICED THAT INNER TUBE WAS TORN APART. NO SIGNS OF PINCHING OR UNUSUAL WEAR WERE NOTICED. 5TH TIRE OF SAME MFG AND SIZE TO HAVE CAUSED UNSCHEDULED TIRE CHANGES. MAINT HAS BEEN INTERVIEWED TO DETERMINE WHETHER THERE HAS BEEN A CHANGE IN MAINT PRACTICES OR IF ANYONE HAS OBSERVED ANYTHING THAT MIGHT EXPLAIN EXPERIENCING AN INCREASE IN THE FAILURE RATE OF THESE INNER TUBES. NO CAUSES FOUND. OPERATOR HAS BROUGHT ISSUE TO ATTENTION OF SUPPLIER WITH A REQUEST TO NOTIFY MFG OF RETURN OF ALL REMAINING INNER TUBES FOR REPLACEMENT WITH ANOTHER.

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