What was found
TIRE LOSING AIR AFTER SHUTDOWN. THE TIRE AND TUBE WERE INSPECTED AND NUMEROUS PIN HOLES WERE FOUND ON THE TUBE`S OUTER CIRCUMFERENCE, CAUSING THE DEFLATION.
- Difficulty date
- January 16, 2009
- Submitted
- March 5, 2009
- Operation
- General aviation
- Make and model
- Piper PA31T2
- Aircraft time
- 15,147 hours, 5 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa PT6A135
- System (JASC)
- 3245 · Tire Tube
- Part
- Tube
- Part number
- XA1AK
- Condition
- Punctured
- Location
- Outr Circmfernce
- Part time
- 283 hours
- Component
- Tire · 0763561
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
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