Service difficulty report · Transmission · Piper PA24

Difficulty date
August 5, 2005
Submitted
August 24, 2005
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N180ML
Make and model
Piper PA24
Aircraft serial
242609
Engine
Lyc O360*
Part
Transmission
Part number
2572000
Condition
Failed
Location
Mlg
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
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 RETRACT SYS WOULD NOT EXTEND GEAR TO A DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION. SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO CYCLE GEAR POPPED GEAR MOTOR CIRCUIT BREAKER. TRANSMISSION DECOUPLER RELEASED WHEN EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION WAS ATTEMPTED, GEAR WOULD NOT GO TO DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION. PILOTS ATTEMPT TO RECYCLE GEAR TO THE RETRACTED POSITION AND THEN TO EXTENDED POSITION AFTER EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION WAS ACTUATED, ADDED TO PROBLEM, TRANSMSN DECOUPLER WAS IN DIRECT CONTACT WITH GEAR THROUGH BOLT, MAKING EXTENSION IMPROBABLE. SITUATION MAKES POSSIBILITY OF GEAR EXTENSION NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE BECAUSE THE THROUGH BOLT CANNOT TRAVEL FAR ENOUGH BACK TO GET DOWN AND LOCKED CONDITION.

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