Service difficulty report · Actuator · Cessna 172RG

Difficulty date
December 16, 2008
Submitted
December 29, 2008
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N9423D
Make and model
Cessna 172RG
Aircraft serial
172RG0285
Aircraft time
7,120 hours
Part
Actuator
Part number
12810016
Part serial
AUG212008
Condition
Cracked
Location
Rt Mlg
Part time
1,940 hours
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
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

ON 7/08/2008, RT MLG NOT FULLY RETRACTED REPORTED BY ATC. THE PILOTS NOTICED THE RT MLG WAS NOT FULLY RETRACTED. THE LANDING GEAR WAS THEN EXTENDED, A DOWN AND LOCKED IND FOR GEAR WAS REPORTED. THE RT MLG ACTUATOR BODY (DATE STAMP OF AUG 21, 2001.) WAS FOUND CRACKED AT THE FWD BOLT HOLE ATTACH POINT. THE CRACK ALLOWED THE ACTUATOR SECTOR GEAR AND PISTON TO BECOME MISALIGNED. ACTUATOR SECTOR GEAR PN 988200202 AND PISTON ASSY PN 98820041 WERE FOUND TO BE DAMAGED. THIS ACTUATOR BODY WAS REPLACED WITH A NEW PART IAW SEB 01-2 R1 ON 10-11-2001 AT AN TT OF 5180.2. IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE FOR THIS DAMAGE TO PREVENT THE GEAR FROM TRAVELING TO THE FULL DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION RESULTING IN LOSS OF ACFT CONTROL DURING THE LANDING ROLL OUT. (K)

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