Service difficulty report · Stiffener · Piper PA44180

Difficulty date
May 11, 2012
Submitted
May 11, 2012
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N442MK
Make and model
Piper PA44180
Aircraft serial
447995301
Aircraft time
4,878 hours
Part
Stiffener
Condition
Cracked
Location
Nose Cone
Part time
4,878 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.

What was found

DURING AN INSPECTON, NOTICED SHEARED RIVETS ON THE LT AND RT EXTERIOR OF THE ACFT ALONG THE NLG DOOR HINGE, UPON FUTHER EXAMINATION FOUND THAT THE LT AND RT STIFFNERS FOR NOSE CONE SPAR WERE CRACKED IN THE AREA OF THE NLG UPPER DRAG BRACE ATTACH POINT BY THE LOWER AFT BOLT HOLE. ALSO NOTED WAS THAT THE ACFT WAS IN COMPLIANCE WITH AD 81-10-01 AND HAD NOSE CONE REINFORMENT KIT PN 764-080V INSTALLED 7/26/1981 AT AN ACFT TT OF 820.0.

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