Service difficulty report · Uplock · Beech C24R

Difficulty date
August 1, 2000
Submitted
December 27, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N1831N
Make and model
Beech C24R
Aircraft serial
MC763
Part
Uplock
Part number
1693800573
Part serial
A13084
Condition
Corroded
Location
Lt Mlg
Part time
2,323 hours
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
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

PILOT ATTEMPTED EXTENDING THE LANDING GEAR AFTER A NORMAL FLIGHT; WHEN THE LT MAIN LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND, PILOT MADE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS WITH BOTH THE NORMAL AND THE EMERGENCY SYSTEMS TO BRING DOWN THE GEAR. THE PILOT MADE A GEAR UP LANDING. AFTER LIFTING THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE RUNWAY, FOUND THE LT GEAR UPLOCK WOULD NOT RELEASE. PRYING THE UPLOCK ARM AWAY FROM THE GEAR ALLOWED THE GEAR TO FREEFALL INTO THE GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION. A GEAR DOWN OF THE UPLOCK WAS PERFORMED. SHAFT WAS FOUND RUSTED AND CYL HEAD, WHICH THE SHAFT RUNS THROUGH, TO BE CORRODED CAUSING THE UPLOCK CYLINDER TO SEIZE. (X)

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