SDR QVFA001

Service difficulty report · Bushing · Beech C90A

Difficulty date
January 8, 2007
Submitted
January 8, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N990TF
Make and model
Beech C90A
Aircraft serial
LJ1548
Aircraft time
1,699 hours, 1,773 cycles
Engine
Pwa PT6A21
Engine time
1,699 hours, 1,773 cycles
Propeller
Hartzl HCE4N3
Part
Bushing
Part number
10574XYR1145
Condition
Missing
Location
Rt Mlg
Part time
395 hours, 469 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
W
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

FOUND VERY SLIGHT MOVEMENT IN RT MLG OB PART OF MLG STRUT. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION, FOUND THAT P/N 10574X-YR1145 BUSHING WAS NOT INSTALLED IN MLG STRUT. FURTHER INVESTIGATION FOUND THAT THIS AREA HAD NOT BEEN THOROUGHLY INSPECTED SINCE DECEMBER 2004 DURING 6 YEAR INSPECTION OF LANDING GEAR. INSPECTED MLG ATTACH AREA FOR DAMAGE, NONE FOUND, INSPECTED TRUNNION ATTACH AREA, NO DAMAGE FOUND. INSTALLED NEW BUSHINGS, BOLTS, WASHERS AND NUTS. SUBMITTER SUGGESTS THAT THOROUGH VISUAL INSPECTION OF BUSHING INSTALLATION BE CONDUCTED BEFORE INSTALLING WASHER AND NUT ON BOLT P/N 130909B95.

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