What was found
DURING FLIGHT, THE LANDING GEAR WOUND NOT EXTEND, CYCLED THE GEAR SEVERAL TIMES THEN PERFORMED AN EMERGENCY EXTENSION AND LANDED. THE RT MAIN GEAR ACTUATOR END CAP O-RING FAILED AND RESULTED IN THE LOSS OF ALL HYDRAULIC FLUID.
- Difficulty date
- January 10, 2004
- Submitted
- January 10, 2004
- Operation
- General aviation
- Aircraft
- N13AG
- Make and model
- Piper PA34200T
- Aircraft serial
- 347770115
- System (JASC)
- 3233 · Landing Gear Actuator
- Part
- Actuator
- Part number
- SAF2323
- Part serial
- 976
- Condition
- Leaking
- Location
- Mlg
- Part time
- 7,433 hours
- Stage of operation
- LD
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- K
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.