What was found
LANDING GEAR SELECTOR SWITCH BROKE OFF UPON SELECTING GEAR UP. THE SHAFT ON THE SWITCH SNAPPED AND APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN OVERSTRESSED OR WEAK MATERIAL. (X)
- Difficulty date
- May 17, 1999
- Submitted
- July 13, 2000
- Operation
- General aviation
- Aircraft
- N224BD
- Make and model
- Piper PA34200T
- Aircraft serial
- 348133186
- System (JASC)
- 3234 · Landing Gear Selector
- Part
- Switch
- Part number
- 688131
- Condition
- Broken
- Location
- Instrument Panel
- Part time
- 20 hours
- Stage of operation
- NR
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.