Service difficulty report · Strut · Hughes 369D

Difficulty date
April 20, 2011
Submitted
September 9, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Hughes 369D
Aircraft time
11,570 hours
Engine
Allsn 250C20B
Part
Strut
Part number
369H600151
Condition
Cracked
Location
Mlg
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

WHILE PERFORMING THE 12 MONTH INSPECTION, A CRACK WAS NOTED IN THE LT REAR STRUT. THIS CRACK WAS 7" LONG RUNNING ROUGHLY MIDPOINT AND UP UNDER THE STEP. THE CRACK DID NOT START OR END AT ANY BOLT HOLES. THE CRACK WAS PERPENDICULAR TO THE BOLT HOLES AND RAN PARALLEL TO THE EDGES OF THE TUBE.