SDR V0DR20130912001

Service difficulty report · Pin · Beech 1900D

Difficulty date: September 12, 2013
Submitted: September 12, 2013
Operation: General aviation
Make and model: Beech 1900D
System (JASC): 3211 · Main Landing Gear Attach Section
Part: Pin
Part number: 1018100251
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

MLG CAME IN FOR OVERHAUL. DURING DISASSEMBLY UPPER TORQUE KNEE PIN WAS VISUALLY INSPECTED. FOUND WHAT APPEARED TO BE A CRACK. ON FUTHER INSPECTION, CRACK CONFIRMED. CRACK RUNS FROM A GREASE GROOVE ON THE PIN, ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE PIN FOR APPROXIMATELY .7500 OF AN INCH.

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