Service difficulty report · Tire · Cessna 650

Difficulty date
March 7, 2021
Submitted
March 15, 2021
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N287CD
Make and model
Cessna 650
Aircraft serial
6500179
Aircraft time
8,390 hours, 6,779 cycles
System (JASC)
3244 · Tire
Part
Tire
Part number
226K084
Part serial
80222598
Condition
Failed
Location
Mlg
Part time
218 hours, 178 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E, K
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

UPON DEPARTURE FROM KASE TO KHOU, CREW FELT A SMALL BUMP. SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF, BOTH CREWMEMBERS NOTICED COMPLETE LOSS OF HYDRAULIC FLUID AND PRESSURE. CREW DECIDED TO DIVERT TO DENVER WHERE A LONG RUNWAY WAS AVAILABLE AS THERE WOULD ONLY BE EMERGENCY BRAKING AND REDUCED LANDING PERFORMANCE. EMERGENCY DECLARED BY ATC. PLANE LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT IN DENVER. EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT WAS STANDING BY. UPON VISUAL INSPECTION, NOTICED #3 TIRE HAD MAJOR/CATASTROPHIC TREAD LOSS WHICH OBVIOUSLY RESULTED IN HYDRAULIC LINE BEING SEVERED AS MAIN GEAR CAME UP INTO WHEEL WELL. SOME ELECTRICAL WIRES WERE SEVERED AS WELL.

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