Service difficulty report · Bearing · Dhav DHC8102

Difficulty date
March 10, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Dhav DHC8102
Engine
Pwa
Part
Bearing
Part number
L812148
Condition
Broken
Location
Lh Outb Mlg
Part time
10,993 hours
Component
Bfgoodrich · 314353
Stage of operation
TX
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
D

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

(CAN)DURING TAXI A SLIGHT DRAG NOTED BY PILOT. #1 LEFT HAND OUTBOARD MAINWHEEL BEARING FAILED. IT APPEARED THAT INBOARD BEARING HAD SEIZED AND SPUN ON AXLE CAUSING HEAVY SCORING ON AXLE INBOARD JOURNAL. ASA RESULT INBOARD MAINWHEEL RACE SPUN CAUSING HEAVY DAMAGE TO INNER WHEEL HALF, OUTBOARD BEARING FAILED AND MAINWHEEL TILTED CAUSING BRAKE ASSEMBLY TO CONTACT AND SCORE MAINWHEEL INNER HALF. LEFT HAND MLG SHOCK STRUT ASSEMBLY, #1 BRAKE ASSEMBLY AND #1 MAINWHEEL ASSEMBLY REPLACED.