Service difficulty report · Wheel Half · Socata TBM700

Difficulty date
August 14, 2008
Submitted
November 3, 2008
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Socata TBM700
Part
Wheel Half
Part number
Z0DN6068757295
Condition
Cracked
Location
Rt Mlg
Component
Wheel Assy · PARKER40270
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
O
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) DURING LANDING ROLL, PILOT NOTICED ABNORMAL "FEEL" OF ACFT AND STEERING. DISCOVERED FLAT TIRE ON RT MAIN WHEEL. ACFT RECOVERED FROM RUNWAY. DISASSEMBLED WHEEL AND PERFORMED DYE PENETRANT INSP ON WHEEL HALVES. CRACK INDICATION VERY EVIDENT IN INNER BEAD RADIUS OF OUTER WHEEL HALF SUB-ASSEMBLY, AND ALSO VISIBLE ON OUTER SURFACE. PART IS SUBJECT TO REPETITIVE NDT INSPECTIONS. WHEEL HALF SUB-ASSEMBLY REPLACED.

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