Service difficulty report · Bearing · Beech C90A

Difficulty date
September 22, 2006
Submitted
December 4, 2006
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Beech C90A
Aircraft time
5,125 hours
Engine
Pwa PT6A21
Propeller
Hartzl HCB3TN3
Part
Bearing
Part number
21401400
Condition
Destroyed
Location
Rt Main Gear
Part time
267 hours
Component
Wheel Assy · Cleveland
Component part number
40170A
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

(CAN) MAINTENANCE NOTICED FLUID LEAKING FROM THE RT MLG BRAKE ASSY. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE BRAKE ASSY. PISTON RETENTION BOLT WAS THE SOURCE OF THE LEAK. A MORE DETAILED INSPECTION DISCOVERED THAT THE RT MAIN WHEEL INNER WHEEL HALF CONE AND BEARING HAD BEEN DESTROYED. WHEEL REMOVAL SHOWED THAT THE WHEEL ASSY, AXLE, FORWARD AND AFT BRAKE CALIPERS AND LOWER TORQUE LINK HAD BEEN DAMAGED. THE WHEEL DID NOT DEPART THE AIRCRAFT AS THE OUTER WHEEL HALF BEARING ASSY. REMAINED IN TACT AND RETAINED THE WHEEL. ON THE DAY OF DISCOVERY THE AIRCRAFT HAD RECEIVED A PRE-DISPATCH INSPECTION AND FLEW FOR A TOTAL OF 1.8 HOURS AIRTIME AND COMPLETED 5 LANDINGS. THERE WERE NO DEFECTS RECORDED IN THE JOURNEY LOG BOOK POST FLI

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