What was found
DURING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE WALKAROUND FOUND RT IB LANDING GEAR DOOR BRACKET HINGE CRACKED. THE CRACK IS APPROXIMATELY 3 INCHES LONG AND SHEETMETAL DAMAGE ON THE EDGE IS ABOUT 12 INCHES LONG. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE GEAR DOOR
- Difficulty date
- December 15, 2006
- Submitted
- December 18, 2006
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N493CW
- Make and model
- Beech 400A
- Aircraft serial
- RK93
- Aircraft time
- 7,748 hours, 10,982 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa JT15D5
- System (JASC)
- 5280 · Landing Gear Doors
- Part
- Door
- Part number
- 45A30308024
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Rt Mlg
- Part time
- 7,748 hours, 10,982 cycles
- 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.