Service difficulty report · Tee Fitting · Cessna 441

Difficulty date
March 8, 2016
Submitted
March 8, 2016
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N441LA
Make and model
Cessna 441
Aircraft serial
4410210
Aircraft time
11,359 hours, 7,544 cycles
Part
Tee Fitting
Part number
521302815
Condition
Cracked
Location
Nlg Ww
Part time
11,359 hours, 7,544 cycles
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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What was found

WHILE COMPLYING WITH PHASE 35 OF THE MM AND SID 32-20-01, ON THE RT SIDE OF THE NOSE WHEEL WELL JUST AFT OF THE DRAG BRACE ATTACHMENT, WE FOUND THE RT TEE, PN 5213028-15 TO HAVE A 1" CRACK THROUGH THE UPPER RIVET AND EXTENDING TO THE NEXT RIVET THAT ATTACHES THE BRACKET TO THE GUSSET, PN 5713061-2 AT FS 70.0. IPC REF, 53-10-00, FIG 01, PAGE 4, DETAIL C, ITEM 157. REMOVED THE BRACKET AND INSPECTED FOR BUCKLING AND CRACKING, NONE FOUND. INSTALLED NEW BRACKET IAW MM CHP 51. THIS INSPECTION WAS PREFORMED 994 LANDINGS SINCE THE PREVIOUS INSPECTION. INSPECTION INTERVAL IS 1000 LANDINGS.

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