Service difficulty report · Pin · Raythn B300RAYTHEON

Difficulty date
August 31, 2016
Submitted
September 16, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N395RC
Make and model
Raythn B300RAYTHEON
Aircraft serial
FL324
Engine
Pwa PT6A60A
Part
Pin
Part number
1018101373
Condition
Loose
Location
Mlg Downlock
Part time
1,448 hours
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
L

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

ON APPROACH TO LANDING LT MAIN GEAR LIGHT WOULD NOT ILLUMINATE. A GO AROUND WAS INITIATED AND THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE AIRPORT TRAFFIC AREA. NUMEROUS EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSIONS WERE PERFORMED WITH THE SAME RESULT. A LANDING WAS ATTEMPTED WHILE PUMPING THE EMERGENCY EXTENSION HANDLE. ON ROLL OUT THE LT MLG LIGHT ILLUMINATED, NORMAL ROLL OUT FOLLOWED. ACFT WAS RETURNED TO MAINTENANCE WHERE THE DRAG LINK DOWN LOCK LEFT MLG WAS INSPECTED. THE DOWNLOCK PIN WAS FOUND LOOSE IN THE DOWNLOCK ASSY WITH THE RELATED SET SCREW BACKED OUT. THIS ALLOWED THE PIN TO ROTATE FREELY. A REVIEW OF O/H PROCEDURES INDICATED THE SET SCREW IS TO BE SECURED WITH THREAD SEALANT. NO SEALANT WAS OBSERVED, THE ASSY WAS DISASSEMBLED AND SEALANT APPLIED IAW THE STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES IN THE MM 32-10-00.