What was found
DURING ROUTINE INSPECTION A BRACKET IN THE NOSE COMPARTMENT WAS FOUND CRACKED. BRACKET IS LOCATED AGAINST AFT NOSE FIREWALL AT TOP OF COMPARTMENT AND JOINS UPPER NOSE STRINGER TO FIREWALL.
- Difficulty date
- January 24, 2018
- Submitted
- February 6, 2018
- Operation
- General aviation
- Aircraft
- N292PA
- Make and model
- Piper PA44180
- Aircraft serial
- 4496116
- Aircraft time
- 10,653 hours
- System (JASC)
- 5320 · Fuselage Miscellaneous Structure
- Part
- Bracket
- Part number
- 86744002
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Nlg Ww
- Part time
- 3,114 hours
- 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.