Service difficulty report · Pin · Beech 76

Difficulty date
December 4, 2002
Submitted
December 4, 2002
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N66363
Make and model
Beech 76
Aircraft serial
ME254
Aircraft time
6,397 hours
Part
Pin
Part number
1058200155
Condition
Loose
Location
Nose Gear
Part time
6,397 hours
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT TAXIED TO A PARKING SPOT AFTER LANDING. THE NOSE GEAR PIN ROTATED IN THE GEAR LEG CAUSING AN INTERFERENCE WITH THE DOWN LOCK HOOK TO ENGAGE WITH THE PIN, NOT ALLOWING THE NOSE GEAR TO BE DOWN AND LOCKED. THE DOWN LOCK HOOK ENGAGES TO THE FLAT OF THE DOWN LOCK PIN, BUT SINCE IT ROTATED THE RADIUS OF THE PIN STOPPED THE HOOK FROM LOCKING INTO PLACE. THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE NOSE GEAR DOORS AND NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT. WHEN THE GEAR WAS CYCLED DOWN, THERE WERE THREE GREEN INDICATED IN THE COCKPIT AND I VERIFIED THAT THE NOSE GEAR WAS NOT DOWN AND LOCKED LIKE IT SHOULD OF BEEN.

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