SDR RU3A00006

Service difficulty report · Mount · Braero BAE125800A

Difficulty date
October 24, 2000
Submitted
January 8, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N96
Make and model
Braero BAE125800A
Aircraft serial
258134
Part
Mount
Part number
S258WS13317
Condition
Cracked
Location
Mlg
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

UPON LOOKING FOR THE LOCATION OF A FUEL LEAK FROM INSIDE OF LEFT MAIN WHEEL/WELL, A CRACK WAS FOUND, ON THE BRACKET THAT THE UPPER MAIN LANDING GEAR TRUNNION FORWARD MOUNT, MOUNTS UP TO. THE CRACK LOCATED ON THE FORWARD END OF BRACKET, UNDER THE UPPER BOSS AND ON THE INBOARD SIDE, STARTING AT THE UPPER SIDE OF THE MACHINED OUT AREA, IN CENTER OF BRACKET, ANGLING OFF TOWARD THE CENTER OF THE TOP OF THE BRACKET, TO WHICH THE UPPER WING SKIN ATTACHES TO, BETWEEN THE ROWS OF MOUNTING HARDWARE. ALL BUT ABOUT 1 INCH OF THICKNESS, AND 2 INCHES OF THE WIDTH IS STILL ATTACHED TO MOUNT. (M)