Service difficulty report · Strut · Hughes 369D

Difficulty date
September 16, 2010
Submitted
January 4, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Hughes 369D
Aircraft time
16,075 hours
Engine
Allsn 250C20B
Part
Strut
Part number
369H600151
Condition
Cracked
Location
Lt Skid
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

AFTER CHANGING A LANDING GEAR DAMPER FOR LOW PRESSURE, THE ACFT WAS PLACED BACK ON THE GROUND. AFTER IT WAS SITTING ON THE GROUND THE SAME ACFT ORIENTATION PRIOR TO CHANGING THE DAMPER WAS NOTED, TAIL LOW AND LEANING TOWARD THE LT. UPON INSP OF THE LANDING GEAR, IT WAS NOTICED THAT THE DRAG BRACE HOLE WAS CRACKED ON THE AFT LT STRUT. THE STRUT HAS BEEN REPLACED.