Service difficulty report · Fork · Diamon DA20C1

Difficulty date
September 23, 2015
Submitted
April 22, 2016
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Diamon DA20C1
Aircraft time
8,457 hours
Part
Fork
Part number
20322008001
Condition
Cracked
Location
Nlg
Part time
1,873 hours
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

(CAN) DURING WALK AROUND PILOT FOUND LARGE CRACK IN THE NOSE GEAR FORK FOR THE DIAMOND. THE FORK WAS REPLACED WITH A NEW UNIT. THIS FORK IS COVERED UNDER DIAMOND SIL20C1-005 WHICH CALLS FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE FORK WITH A NEWER IMPROVED FORK. IT WAS FOUND THAT THE FORK THAT WAS CRACKED WAS THE NEW AND IMPROVED MODEL AND HAD BEEN INSTALLED JULY 2014 WITH 1800 HOURS.

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