SDR OMKR20071

Service difficulty report · Drag Link · Cessna 310C

Difficulty date
March 31, 2007
Submitted
April 19, 2007
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N4411
Make and model
Cessna 310C
Aircraft serial
39024
Engine
Cont IO470*
Part
Drag Link
Part number
08420003
Condition
Broken
Location
Nlg
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

UPON LANDING, THE NOSE LANDING GEAR DRAG LINK ASSEMBLY P/N 0842000-3 BROKE AT THE STRUT ATTACH POINT, ALLOWING THE NOSE GEAR TO COLLAPSE REARWARD, CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO SLIDE ON ITS NOSE UNTIL IT STOPPED. THE DRAG LINK ASSEMBLY APPEARS TO HAVE BROKEN THROUGH THE FORWARD ATTACH HOLE. TOTAL TIME OF THE PART AND TOTAL TIME OF THE AIRCRAFT ARE UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME DUE TO ABSENCE OF LOG BOOKS. CURRENT HOBBS TIME IS 118.4.

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