What was found
CREW REPORTED DURING GEAR RETRACTION THEY HEARD AND FELT A VIBRATION FROM NOSE GEAR DOOR NOT CLOSING FULLY. DURING INSPECTION THE RIGHT HAND FORWARD GEAR DOOR BREAKING ROD ASSEMBLY WAS FOUND TO HAVE A BROKEN SHEAR PIN.
- Difficulty date
- January 26, 2006
- Submitted
- January 26, 2006
- Operation
- General aviation
- Aircraft
- N328GT
- Make and model
- Dorner DO328300
- Aircraft serial
- 3183
- Aircraft time
- 2,696 hours
- Engine
- Pwa PW306B
- System (JASC)
- 3231 · Landing Gear Door Retract Section
- Part
- Shear Pin
- Condition
- Broken
- Component
- Nose Gear Door · Dorner
- Component part number
- 001A322A1500000
- Stage of operation
- TO
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- E
- Precautionary procedure
- A
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.