EASA | George Hatcher's Air Flight Disaster https://airflightdisaster.com Aviation News, Headlines & Alerts Thu, 30 Jun 2011 17:31:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 A330 and A340 Landing Gear Airworthiness Directive https://airflightdisaster.com/a330-and-a340-landing-gear-airworthiness-directive/ Thu, 30 Jun 2011 17:31:30 +0000 http://airflightdisaster.com/?p=17562 EASA Emergency AD No.: 2011-0122-E has been published limiting the life of A330 and A340 landing gear parts. During ground load test cycles on an A340-600 aeroplane, the MLG bogie beam prematurely fractured. The results of the investigation identified that this premature fracture was due to high tensile standing stress, resulting from dry fit axle...

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]]> EASA Emergency AD No.: 2011-0122-E has been published limiting the life of A330 and A340 landing gear parts.

During ground load test cycles on an A340-600 aeroplane, the MLG bogie beam prematurely fractured. The results of the investigation identified that this premature fracture was due to high tensile standing stress, resulting from dry fit axle assembly method. Improvement has been introduced subsequently with a grease fit axle assembly method.

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