SDR HYIA20140414037

Service difficulty report · Drag Brace · Cessna 402C

Difficulty date: November 29, 2012
Submitted: April 14, 2014
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N3249M
Make and model: Cessna 402C
Aircraft serial: 402C0296
Aircraft time: 22,553 hours
System (JASC): 3230 · Landing Gear Retraction/Extension System
Part: Drag Brace
Part number: 51420025
Part serial: S21104
Condition: Cracked
Location: Nlg
Part time: 2,499 hours
Stage of operation: IN
How discovered: D
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

AT SCHEDULED INSPECTION, NLG DRAG BRACE, PN 5142002-5 WAS FOUND TO BE CRACKED IN THE AREA OF NLG ACTUATOR ATTACH POINT. METHOD OF INSPECTION WAS DYE PENETRANT. THIS CRACK WAS FOUND TO BE BEYOND LIMIT ALLOWABLE OF MEB91-11R1. THIS UNIT HAS BEEN SCRAPPED & A REPLACEMENT DRAG BRACE HAS BEEN INSTALLED IN ACFT.

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