Service difficulty report · Tire · Diamon DA20C1

Difficulty date
January 8, 2007
Submitted
November 3, 2008
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Diamon DA20C1
Aircraft time
3,709 hours
System (JASC)
3245 · Tire Tube
Part
Tire
Condition
Mismanufactured
Location
Mlg
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
W
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

(CAN) AFTER 2 FLAT TIRES WITHIN APPROX. 30 HRS. ASSOCIATED WITH A SMALL MANUFACTURE LABEL ADHERED TO THE INSIDE OF THE TIRE DURING THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS. THE GLUE OR LABEL MATERIAL WAS REACTING WITH THE TUBE AND CAUSING SMALL CRACKS AND EVENTUALLY ALLOWING AIR TO ESCAPE. FAILURES DID NOT SEEM TO BE RELATED TO ANY PARTICULAR FLIGHT SEGMENT AS SOME WERE GOING FLAT OVERNIGHT, OTHERS WERE GOING FLAT WHILE TAXIING AND SOME SHORTLY AFTER LANDING ON ROLL OUT. SINCE THE TIRE REPLACEMENTS TO DATE WE HAVE HAD NO RECURRENT ISSUES DUE TO THE LABEL. APPROX. 35 TIRES AND TUBES HAVE BEEN REPLACED, SOME WERE REPLACED AS A PRECAUTION NOT NECESSARILY A FAILURE.

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