Service difficulty report · Tube · Piper PA31350

Difficulty date
July 20, 2010
Submitted
January 4, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Piper PA31350
Aircraft time
20,745 hours
Engine
Lyc LTIO540J2BD
Propeller
Hartzl HCE3YR2A
Part
Tube
Part number
4533302
Condition
Cracked
Location
Nlg
Part time
20,757 hours
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

(CAN) WHEN REMOVING THE ACFT FROM THE HANGAR, IT WAS NOTICED THAT HYD FLUID (5606) WAS LEAKING FROM THE NOSE OLEO. MX DISASSEMBLED THE OLEO WITH INTENTIONS TO REPLACE DAMAGED O-RINGS. DURING INSP IT WAS FOUND THAT THE SOURCE OF THE LEAK WAS A CRACK IN THE OUTER WALL.

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