Service difficulty report · Wheel · Cessna 182T

Difficulty date
July 22, 2019
Submitted
August 17, 2020
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Cessna 182T
Aircraft time
2,844 hours
Engine
Lyc IO540AB1A5
Part
Wheel
Part number
16103000
Condition
Damaged
Location
Mlg
Part time
2,755 hours
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
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 AN OPERATION 3 INSPECTION IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR TIRES HAD BEEN EXPOSED TO A SKID WHICH RENDERED THE TIRES UNSERVICEABLE. AFTER REMOVING THE TIRES THE WHEEL HALVES WERE INSPECTED AND FOUND TO HAVE INTER-GRANULAR/EXFOLIATION CORROSION. THE CORROSION HAD PROGRESSED TO THE POINT WHERE IT WAS NECESSARY TO REPLACE THE WHEELS. IT WOULD SEEM ODD THAT BOTH WHEELS WOULD DEGRADE IN THE SAME FASHION AT THE SAME TIME, HOWEVER, THEY WERE BOTH FACTORY INSTALLED WHEEL ASSEMBLIES AND AS SUCH WOULD LIKELY HAVE BEEN PRODUCED IN THE SAME BATCH. (TC# 20190723009)

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