Service difficulty report · Actuator · Beech 58

Difficulty date
December 22, 2004
Submitted
May 11, 2005
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N23PC
Make and model
Beech 58
Aircraft serial
TH2071
Part
Actuator
Part number
9581001727
Part serial
12373
Condition
Leaking
Location
Mlg
Part time
152 hours
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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What was found

DURING FIRST ANNUAL INSPECTION, NOTED OIL PUDDLED UNDER LANDING GEAR ACTUATOR ASSY AND ACTUATOR OIL LEVEL LOW. REMOVED ACTUATOR ASSY FOR LEAK INVESTIGATION AND FOUND SCREWS SECURING UPPER AND LOWER ACTUATOR HOUSINGS TOGETHER LOOSE (WERE ABLE TO LOOSEN WITH FINGER PRESSURE ONLY). MINIMAL SEALANT NOTED ON ACTUATOR HOUSING MATING SURFACES, MOSTLY BARE METAL. ALSO FOUND SECTOR GEAR STOP NOT SEALED TO HOUSING, OIL APPEARS TO HAVE GOTTEN BETWEEN STOP AND MINIMAL SEALANT APPLIED. REASSEMBLED ACTUATOR ASSY IAW SRM, ACTUATOR O/H INSTRUCTIONS, NO EXTERNAL LEAKAGE NOTED. (K)

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