SDR HYIA20140414054

Service difficulty report · Drag Brace · Cessna 402C

Difficulty date: December 2, 2013
Submitted: April 14, 2014
Operation: Air carrier
Aircraft: N67886
Make and model: Cessna 402C
Aircraft serial: 402C0435
Aircraft time: 1,526 hours
System (JASC): 3230 · Landing Gear Retraction/Extension System
Part: Drag Brace
Part number: 51420025
Part serial: CA0073
Condition: Cracked
Location: Nlg
Part time: 1,526 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, OEM 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. THIS UNIT HAS BEEN SCRAPPED & A REPLACEMENT DRAG BRACE HAS BEEN INSTALLED IN ACFT.

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