Service difficulty report · Pin · Pilats PC12

Difficulty date
December 15, 2015
Submitted
December 15, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Pilats PC12
Part
Pin
Part number
9402002195
Condition
Broken
Location
Shimmy Damper
Component
Shimmy Damper · Pilats
Component part number
5322012215
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

DURING PRELIMINARY INSPECTION, THE SHIMMY DAMPER WAS JAMMED AND WOULD NOT MOVE. UPON DISASSEMBLY AND FURTHER INSPECTION, THE PIN WHICH SECURES THE INNER CYLINDER WAS BROKEN IN SEVERAL PIECES. 1 OF THE PIECES WAS STUCK IN THE ORIFICE. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION, IT WAS FOUND THE INNER CYLINDER WAS NOT ADJUSTED CORRECTLY IAW THE CMM. SOME MINOR MOVEMENT BACK AND FORTH PUTTING REPEATED FORCES ON THE PIN. OVER SEVERAL HOURS/CYCLES OF USE, IT IS BELIEVED THESE FORCES CAUSED THE PIN THE BREAK.