SDR 2009F00145

Service difficulty report · Bolt · Cessna 414A

Difficulty date
December 17, 2009
Submitted
December 18, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N36906
Make and model
Cessna 414A
Aircraft serial
0836
Aircraft time
3,276 hours
Part
Bolt
Part number
AN17520
Condition
Loose
Location
Mlg Scissors
Component
Scissors · Cessna
Component part number
50411147AND8
Stage of operation
LD
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

LT MLG SCISSORS ATTACH BOLT WORKED LOOSE AND ALLOWED SCISSORS TO DISCONNECT ALLOWING LWR STRUT ASSY TO ROTATE 180 DEGREES. THE ACFT WAS KEPT IN CONTROL ON THE RUNWAY AND STOPPED WITHOUT ANY DAMAGE OTHER THAN EXCESSIVE TIRE WEAR AND THE SCISSORS BECOMING SEPARATED. THE SCISSORS WERE RESECURED AND THE ACFT WAS TOWED. MORE INFORMATION TO FOLLOW ON BOLT MFGR. UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. PART TT APPEAR TO BE SAME AS ACTT. THE WASHER PN 5045018-2 MAY BE THE ACTUAL REASON FOR THE BOLT BEING ABLE TO COME THROUGH THE SCISSORS. MORE INFO TO FOLLOW.

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