Service difficulty report · Nut · Beech 200BEECH

Difficulty date
March 28, 2012
Submitted
September 14, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Beech 200BEECH
Aircraft time
22,218 hours
Engine
Pwa PT6A41
Propeller
Hartzl HCB3TN3
Part
Nut
Part number
MS210423
Condition
Loose
Location
Nlg Steering
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
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) CREW HAD DIFFICULTY STEERING THE ACFT WHEN TAXING. ON INVESTIGATION OF DEFECT, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE STEERING LINK ASSY HAD COME APART INTERNALLY. WHEN STEERING BUNGEE WAS DISASSEMBLED, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE RETAINING NUT, PN MS21042-3 HAD COME LOOSE AND ALLOWED THE STEERING LINK TO COME APART. NO OTHER DAMAGE WAS FOUND. THE THREADS IN THE NUT AND ON THE STUD WHERE NOT DAMAGED. SUSPECT THAT ON THE LAST REASSEMBLY OF THE UNIT, THE NUT WAS NOT TIGHTENED CORRECTLY.