Service difficulty report · Wheel · Cessna 208B

Difficulty date
September 30, 2009
Submitted
December 1, 2009
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Cessna 208B
Aircraft time
6,563 hours
Engine
Pwa PT6A114A
Propeller
Mcauly 3GFR34C703
Part
Wheel
Part number
16211800
Condition
Cracked
Location
Rt Mlg
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

(CAN) RT WHEEL ASSY MAKING NOISE DURING TAKE-OFF ROLL AND LANDING. NEW BRAKE DISC HAD BEEN INSTALLED, NEW THICKNESS PERCEIVED TO BE THE CAUSE OF RUBBING ON THE BRAKE PADS. FURTHER INVESTIGATION SHOWED THE WHEEL WAS SPUN THE BRAKE DISC WOBBLED. WHEN DISASSEMBLED IT WAS FOUND THAT ON PREVIOUS ASSY THE SPACER DID NOT LINE UP PROPERLY AND MADE CONTACT WITH THE EDGE OF THE BRG CUP STEP FLANGE ON THE OUTER WHEEL HALF. THIS CAUSED THE CASTING TO CRACK AND DISLODGE THE BRG CUP. THIS IN TURN CAUSED THE WHEEL ASSY TO WOBBLE SLIGHTLY AND WITH NEW DISC ASSY INSTALLED TO RUB ON BRAKE PAD. THE SDR IS IN RESPECT TO THE CRACKED WHEEL HALF 2.5 INCHES AROUND THE RADIUS OF THE BEARING CUP, COULD HAVE CAUSE A CATASTROPHIC WHEEL FAILURE.

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