Service difficulty report · Mount · Piper PA44180

Difficulty date
September 17, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Piper PA44180
Engine
Lyc O360E1A6
Part
Mount
Part number
86212002
Condition
Cracked
Location
Left Engine
Part time
5,024 hours
Stage of operation
IN
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) LEFT ENGINE MOUNT FOUND CRACKED AT THE LEFT UPPER MEMBER AND THE MEMBER BETWEEN THE LEFT UPPER AND THE LEFT LOWER MOUNT. WELDING REPAIR HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY CARRIED OUT AS HAD A MAGNETIC PARTICLE INSPECTION. NO HARD LANDING REPORTED, NOR VIBRATION FROM ENGINE. POSSIBLE MATERIAL FATIGUE. PIPER OWNER MAGAZINE HAD NOTED TWO LEFT MOUNTS CRACKED RECENTLY AND OVERHAUL AGENCY HAD ALSO REPORTED ONE.

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