Service difficulty report · Mount · Piper PA46310P

Difficulty date
August 19, 2010
Submitted
January 4, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Piper PA46310P
Part
Mount
Part number
84010002
Condition
Cracked
Location
Engine
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

CRACK DETECTED IN ENGINE MOUNT ON JCAB REGISTERED ACFT. ENGINE MOUNT SWAPPED FOR MOUNT MODIFIED AND REINFORCED WITH TCCA RDC C-RA03-047. NOTE: ENGINE MOUNT REMOVED FROM ACFT WAS PREVIOUSLY STRENGTHENED WITH FAA-STC SA02779AT. ALTHOUGH COLLAPSE UNLIKELY WITH THIS MODIFICATION, THESE MOUNTS SHOULD ALSO BE INSPECTED REGULARLY. THE MOUNT APPEARED TO BE RELATIVELY RECENTLY INSTALLED IN ACFT.

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