Service difficulty report · Fork · Diamon DA40

Difficulty date
February 14, 2011
Submitted
February 16, 2011
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N303AF
Make and model
Diamon DA40
Aircraft serial
401045
Aircraft time
658 hours
Part
Fork
Part number
40006
Condition
Broken
Location
Nlg
Part time
658 hours
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

THIS ACFT WAS THE FIRST INCIDENT THAT WAS THOUGHT TO HAVE BEEN PILOT ERROR. THE SECOND INCIDENT THE NOSE WHEEL SEPARATED FROM THE AIRPLANE. BOTH INCIDENTS HAPPENED WITH IN ABOUT 90 DAYS. TO BE ON THE SAFE SIDE, WE PERFORMED AN NDI (EDDY CURRENT) OF ALL 20 FORKS THAT WERE ON OUR ACFT, PLUS THE 6 THAT WERE IN SUPPLY (NEW). OF THE 26 NOSE FORKS THAT HAD BEEN NDI'D, 4 WERE RETURNED CONDEMED. THE AVERAGE TIME IN SERVICE, 530 HOURS. THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF LANDINGS 419.

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