What was found
(CAN) DURING ROUTING INSPECTION, A CRACK SIMILAR TO THE ONE IN THE ATTACHMENT WAS FOUND. FORK WAS REPLACED. FLEET INSPECTION REVEALED (3) OTHER AIRCRAFT WITH VARYING CRACK PROGRESSION ALL FORKS WERE REPLACED. (TC NR 20070729001)
- Difficulty date
- July 17, 2007
- Submitted
- September 5, 2007
- Operation
- General aviation
- Make and model
- Diamon DA20C1
- Aircraft time
- 2,464 hours
- Engine
- Cont IO240B
- Propeller
- Snsnch W69EK63
- System (JASC)
- 3220 · Nose/Tail Landing Gear
- Part
- Fork
- Part number
- 203220080
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Nose Gear
- Part time
- 3,109 hours
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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