Service difficulty report · Strut · Czawsp SPORTCRUISER

Difficulty date
August 13, 2014
Submitted
August 28, 2014
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N550PS
Make and model
Czawsp SPORTCRUISER
Aircraft serial
P1001060
Aircraft time
903 hours
Part
Strut
Part number
SG0270N
Condition
Fractured
Location
Nlg
Part time
903 hours
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
O
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

NOSE LANDING GEAR LEG COLLAPSED DURING LANDING AFTER THIRD TOUCH AND GO MANUEVER. FOUND NLG TUBE FRACTURED AT "Y" WELD WHERE TUBE ATTACHES TO FUSELAGE MOUNT YOKE. APPEARS A CRACK HAD BEEN IN THE AREA FOR SOME TIME. NO INSPECTION IN THIS AREA OTHER THAN VISUAL. NO NDT. SECOND OCCURANCE OF THIS EXACT FAILURE, SDR 2012FA0000555, OF THIS TYPE USED IN FLIGHT TRAINING. MFG HAS ISSUED SB'S TO OBSERVE LANDING SPEEDS TO REDUCE CHANCE OF NOSE WHEEL SHIMMY.