What was found
INTERNAL FAILURE WITHIN LANDING GEAR ACTUATOR GEARBOX. GEAR WOULD NOT CYCLE DOWN BY NORMAL OR EMERGENCY EXTENSION. EMERGENCY HANDLE WOULD NOT ENGAGE. COMPONENT WAS OVERHAULED IN 1983.
- Difficulty date
- December 15, 2008
- Submitted
- January 13, 2009
- Operation
- General aviation
- Aircraft
- N473AB
- Make and model
- Beech A35
- Aircraft serial
- D1578
- Aircraft time
- 6,576 hours
- System (JASC)
- 3233 · Landing Gear Actuator
- Part
- Actuator
- Part number
- 35810080602
- Condition
- Failed
- Location
- Mlg
- Stage of operation
- LD
- 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.