What was found
(CAN) DURING UNSCHEDULED MAINTENANCE THE NOSE GEAR FORK WAS FOUND TO BE CRACKED ALONG BOTH SIDES IN 4 PLACES. THE FORK ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED WITH NEW. PART NUMBER OF OLD ASSEMBLY WAS 20-3220-08-00_1MOD.
- Difficulty date
- October 24, 2015
- Submitted
- April 22, 2016
- Operation
- General aviation
- Make and model
- Diamon DA20C1
- Aircraft time
- 11,055 hours
- System (JASC)
- 3222 · Nose/Tail Landing Gear Strut/Axle
- Part
- Fork
- Part number
- 20322008001M
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Nlg
- Part time
- 4,223 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.