Service difficulty report · Bracket · Cessna 310R

Difficulty date
September 19, 2007
Submitted
October 31, 2007
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N5338C
Make and model
Cessna 310R
Aircraft serial
310R1544
Engine
Cont IO520*
Part
Bracket
Part number
50270025
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Rt Mlg Ww
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

THE RT MAIN LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT INTO WHEEL WELL. PILOT REPORTED LOUD BANG HEARD AFTER RETRACTING OF GEAR. WHEN EXTENDING THE GEAR FOR LANDING, THE RT GEAR WOULD NOT INDICATE GREEN BUT WAS VISUALLY CONFIRMED DOWN. PILOT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT AND GREEN LIGHT ILLUMINATED UPON TOUCHDOWN. INSPECTION OF THE RT GEAR FOUND THE TORQUE TUBE SUPPORT BRACKET ASSY, PN 50270025, BEARING PULLED LATERALLY FROM BRACKET AND ROD END FOR THE UPLOCK PUSH-PULL TUBE BROKEN OFF AT THE TORQUE TUBE ATTACH POINT PN HM4, AND FORWARD TORQUE TUBE ATTACH BOLT, PN NAS146-40, BENT SLIGHTLY. FAILURE OF THE SUPPORT BRACKET PN 5027002-5 POSSIBLY DUE TO FATIGUE. (K)

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