Service difficulty report · Spacer · Lear 60LEAR

Difficulty date
March 29, 2012
Submitted
September 14, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Lear 60LEAR
Aircraft time
952 hours
Engine
Pwa PW305A
Part
Spacer
Part number
24410071
Condition
Cracked
Location
Lt Mlg
Part time
970 hours
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
W
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

(CAN) LT MLG RETRACTION ACTUATOR WAS REMOVED FOR OTHER WORK, ACCESS. SPACER WAS NOTED TO BE CRACKED. IT WAS REPLACED WITH A NEW PART. THIS IS THE 3RD CASE WEVE DISCOVERED, 2ND TIME ON THIS ACFT. NONE OF THE REPLACED SPACERS HAVE CRACKED TO DATE. MFG IS AWARE OF THE ISSUE.