Service difficulty report · Pin · Cessna 525C

Difficulty date
July 17, 2012
Submitted
August 8, 2012
Operation
General aviation
Filed by
CNQR918C
Textron Aviation Inc
Aircraft
N482CJ
Make and model
Cessna 525C
Aircraft serial
525C0082
Aircraft time
116 hours, 66 cycles
Part
Pin
Part number
71410212
Condition
Backed Out
Location
Trunnion
Part time
116 hours, 66 cycles
Component
Mlg · Cessna
Component part number
719400510
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

RIGHT MLG COLLAPSED WHILE ACFT WAS TAXING IN FROM LANDING. AFT TRUNNION PIN WAS INSTALLED INCORRECTLY, THE AN3-42 RETAINING BOLT WAS NOT THROUGH THE PIN AS NEEDED TO RETAIN THE TRUNNION PIN IN THE TRUNNION ASSY. A REVIEW OF ACFT ONSITE AT THE REPAIR STATION AND FACTORY REVELED ONE PRE-AW AIRCRAFT WITH THE SAME CONDITION AND NO ADDITIONAL AT THE REPAIR STATION. *MANDATORY ALERT SERVICE LETTER ASL525C-32-01 WAS ISSUED ON JULY 19TH, 2012 FOR A FLEET WIDE REVIEW AND IS REFERENCED BELOW. *ALERT SERVICE LETTER ASL525C-32-01: TITLE: LANDING GEAR - AFT MAIN LANDING GEAR TRUNNION PIN INSPECTION EFFECTIVITY- MODEL SN: 525C (CJ4) -0001 THRU -0005, -0007 THRU -0017, -0019 THRU -0041, -0043 THRU -0045, -0047 THRU -0064, -0066 THRU -0073, -0075 THRU -0081, -0083, -0084, -0086 THRU -0094. THE EQUIVALENT OF THIS SERVICE LETTER HAS BEEN INCORPORATED ON PRODUCTION AIRPLANES -0006, -0018, -0042, -0046, -0065, -0074, -0082, -0085, AND -0095 AND ON. REASON: THE AFT MAIN LANDING GEAR TRUNNION PIN MAY NOT BE CORRECTLY INSTALLED. THIS SERVICE LETTER CONTAINS INSTRUCTIONS TO DO AN INSPECTION OF THE AFT MAIN LANDING GEAR TRUNNION PIN. COMPLIANCE MANDATORY: THIS SERVICE LETTER MUST BE ACCOMPLISHED PRIOR TO NEXT FLIGHT. THE AFT MAIN LANDING GEAR TRUNNION PIN MUST BE CORRECTLY INSTALLED BEFORE THE AIRPLANE IS FLOWN, TAXIED, TOWED, OR OTHERWISE MOVED.

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