Service difficulty report · Attach Fitting · Lear 35A

Difficulty date
September 1, 2005
Submitted
September 2, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N553V
Make and model
Lear 35A
Aircraft serial
35A141
Aircraft time
11,529 hours, 8,397 cycles
Part
Attach Fitting
Part number
23411231
Condition
Cracked
Location
Rt Mlg
Part time
11,529 hours, 8,397 cycles
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

DURING COMPLIANCE OF A 6000 MAJOR LANDING GEAR INSPECTION THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR ACTUATOR ATTACH PILLAR WAS FOUND TO HAVE A .25 INCH CRACK IN IT. THE CRACK WAS APPROXIMATELY 3.7 INCHES FROM THE MAIN GEAR ACTUATOR END OF THE PILLAR. THE CRACK WAS IN A CIRCUMFERENTIAL DIRECTION. THE CRACK WAS FOUND DURING THE NDT PART OF THE INSPECTION USING MAGNETIC PARTICLE INSPECTION. THE CRACK ONCE FOUND WAS VISIBLE USING A 10 X MAGNIFYING GLASS. THIS UNIT WAS INSPECTED 5764 LANDING PRIOR TO THIS AS PART OF A 6000 LANDING INSPECTION. THIS UNIT IS A LIFE LIMITED COMPONENT AT 18,000 LANDINGS.

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