Service difficulty report · Tire · Bombdr DHC8400

Difficulty date
April 13, 2006
Submitted
August 2, 2006
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Bombdr DHC8400
Aircraft time
202 hours
Engine
Pwc PW150A
System (JASC)
3244 · Tire
Part
Tire
Part number
PNDR0231T
Condition
Damaged
Location
Mlg
Part time
400 hours
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) FOUND DURING DAILY CHECK 1 MAIN WHEEL WITH TIRE BEAD WIRE MIGRATION. LOOKS LIKE LOCKING WIRE PROTRUDING FROM TIRE SIDE WALL. WHEEL ASSY HAS BEEN REMOVED. NO TIRE PRESSURE WAS LOST. INVESTIGATION SHOWN THAT THE MIGRATING BEADWIRE HAS DAMAGED THE WHEEL HUB, THE DAMAGED WAS SO DEEP THAT WE HAD TO SCRAP THE AFT WHEEL. DUNLOP IS AWARE OF THIS MIGRATING BEADWIRE ISSUE CONDITION AND HAS SEEN THIS WIRE COME OUT OF THE TIRE IN THE PAST (SIMILAR TO THIS CONDITION AND IT SEEMS TO BE AN INCREASING PROBLEM).