Service difficulty report · Strut · Piper PA42720

Difficulty date
December 3, 2004
Submitted
December 3, 2004
Operation
General aviation
Filed by
RX8R084N
Amentum Services Inc
Aircraft
N9116Q
Make and model
Piper PA42720
Aircraft serial
425501037
Aircraft time
6,423 hours, 4,884 cycles
Engine
Pwa PT6A61
Engine time
5,163 hours, 2,930 cycles
Propeller
Hartzl HCB3TN3
Part
Strut
Part number
5768007
Condition
Cracked
Location
Zone 700
Part time
6,423 hours, 4,884 cycles
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
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

RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUT CRACKED AT ATTACH POINT TO ACTUATING BRACE. CRACK IS 2.5 INCHES LONG ALONG AFT SIDE OF AFT ATTACH POINT LUG. CRACK IS AT SAME LOCATION THAT GETS INSPECTED IAW PIPER SERVICE BULLETIN 969. AREA WAS INSPECTED PER SB 65.2 HRS. AGO, USING DYE PENETRANT. THERE WAS NO CRACK AT THAT TIME.

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