Service difficulty report · Bolt · Cvac 340CVAC

Difficulty date
January 27, 2019
Submitted
August 13, 2020
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Cvac 340CVAC
Aircraft time
22,393 hours
Part
Bolt
Part number
9523185
Condition
Undertorqued
Location
Nlg
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) WHILE MAINTENANCE WAS PERFORMING A NOSE LANDING GEAR WHEEL ROTATION TASK FOR A NLG SHIMMY SNAG, THEY FOUND THE 6 BOLTS THAT MOUNT THE L/H NLG WHEEL TORQUE FLANGE TO THE WHEEL ASSY CORRODED AND 2 OF THE 6 BOLTS SHEARED. MAINTENANCE REPLACED BOTH L/H & R/H WHEEL ASSY`S IAW AMM INCLUDING ALL 12 BOLTS THAT MOUNT THE NLG WHEEL TORQUE FLANGES TO EACH WHEEL . THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE AND ALL SUBSEQUENT OPERATIONS WERE NORMAL.