Service difficulty report · Mount · Piper PA44180

Difficulty date
May 11, 1999
Submitted
April 14, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Piper PA44180
Aircraft time
6,345 hours
Engine
Lyc O360E1A6
Part
Mount
Condition
Cracked
Location
Engine
Part time
6,050 hours
Component
Engine Mount · Lyc · O360E1A6D
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.

What was found

(CAN) FOLLOWING REMOVAL OF RIGHT ENGINE, A CRACK WAS NOTED IN THE EDGE OF THE WELD SECURING THE LEFT UPPER LORD MOUNT RING TO THE REST OF THE MOUNT. THE SUBMITTER NOTED THAT THE LT ENGINE MOUNT HAD BEEN REPAIRED IN THE SAME AREA A FEW YEARS AGO.

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