Service difficulty report · Angle · Piper PA44180

Difficulty date
May 12, 2015
Submitted
May 18, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N302PA
Make and model
Piper PA44180
Aircraft serial
4496121
Aircraft time
7,235 hours
Engine
Lyc O360E1A6D
Propeller
Hartzl HCC2YR2
Part
Angle
Part number
104629003
Condition
Cracked
Location
Rt Wing
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 A PROGRESSIVE INSPECTION, AN ANGLE IN THE RT WING WAS FOUND CRACKED BEHIND THE LANDING GEAR SIDE BRACE FITTING. THE CRACK COULD JUST BARELY BE SEEN BEHIND THE BRACE, AND WHEN THE BRACE WAS REMOVED, DYE PENETRANT INSPECTION REVEALED IT EXTENDED FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE ANGLE UPWARD APPROXIMATELY 3-4". THE CRACKED ANGLE WAS INSTALLED AS PART OF KIT, PN 767-398, WHICH WAS CALLED OUT FOR IN SB 1161. THE SB SUBJECT WAS TO INSPECT FOR CRACKING BEHIND THE GEAR SIDE BRACE FITTINGS; INSTALLATION OF THE KIT, WHICH INCLUDED THE CRACKED BRACE, WAS A TERMINATING ACTION CALLED OUT FOR IN THE SB.

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