What was found
DURING A RECURRENT INSP REQUIRED BY AD 2004-23-02C, A CRACK WAS FOUND AT THE LOCATION ILLUSTRATED. WERE THE WELD MEETS THE SURFACE, AFTER USING DYE PENETRANT THE CRACK BECAME VISIBLE.
- Difficulty date
- November 6, 2009
- Submitted
- December 4, 2009
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N44MA
- Make and model
- Beech 65B80
- Aircraft serial
- LD412
- Engine
- Lyc IO720*
- Propeller
- Hartzl HCA3VK2
- System (JASC)
- 3220 · Nose/Tail Landing Gear
- Part
- Fork
- Part number
- 50820197604
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Nose Gear
- 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.