Service difficulty report · Axle · Diamon DA20C1

Difficulty date
June 17, 2011
Submitted
September 14, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Diamon DA20C1
Part
Axle
Part number
2032200201
Condition
Cracked
Location
Nlg Strut
Part time
5,500 hours
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

(CAN) ON LANDING PILOT NOTED A BUMP AND SCRAPING NOISE, ACFT CAME TO STOP, PILOT EXITED ACFT AND NOTED NOSE-WHEEL AND FORK ASSY ON RUNWAY BEHIND ACFT. APPEARS STUD ON AXLE FAILED AND BROKEOFF ALLOWING NOSE-WHEEL ASSY TO FALL OFF ACFT ONTO RUNWAY, NO OTHER DAMAGE TO ACFT REPORTED OR INJURIES TO OCCUPANTS. MFG REQUESTED RETURN OF NLG LEG AND AXLE STUD TO FACTORY FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION.

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