Service difficulty report · Motor · Beech 58

Difficulty date
October 9, 2003
Submitted
October 13, 2003
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N353P
Make and model
Beech 58
Aircraft serial
TH1999
Aircraft time
938 hours
Engine
Cont IO550*
Part
Motor
Part number
583800901
Part serial
11776
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Mlg
Part time
938 hours
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
C
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

LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND ELECTRICALLY. EXTENDED MANUALLY-3 GREEN. AIRCRAFT LANDED AND TAXIED TO FBO WITHOUT INCIDENT. PLACED A/C ON JACKS AND RETRACTED GEAR-RETRACTED EXTREMELY SLOW. ON 2ND RETRACT MOTOR STARTED SMOKING. INSTALLED OVERHAULED MOTOR AND GEAR CYCLED WITHOUT FURTHER DEFECTS. NO EXTERNAL DAMAGE TO MOTOR. APPEARS TO BE INTERNAL FAILURE.

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