Service difficulty report · Pin · Beech B200

Difficulty date
March 28, 2013
Submitted
September 14, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Beech B200
Aircraft time
10,700 hours
Engine
Pwa PT642A
Propeller
Hartzl HCE4N3
Part
Pin
Part number
1014300329
Condition
Migrated
Location
Door
Part time
10,983 hours
Stage of operation
NR
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) AFTER PIN MIGRATION AND FAILURE OF ANOTHER COMPANY ACFT, PLATES WERE INSPECTED FOR PIN MIGRATION. LOWER FORWARD PIN WAS FOUND TO BE MOVING AND HAD PARTIALLY DISLODGED. PIN WAS REINSTALLED AND STAKED INTO PLACE WITH NO FURTHER COMPLICATIONS. THERE WAS EVIDENCE THAT THE PLATE HAD FIRST BEEN STAKED AT THE FACTORY, AND ONCE MORE AT SOME POINT LATER ON.

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