Service difficulty report · Wire · Piper PA32R301T

Difficulty date
March 22, 2011
Submitted
April 13, 2011
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N81YY
Make and model
Piper PA32R301T
Aircraft serial
32R8129114
Aircraft time
3,409 hours
Part
Wire
Part number
G1BA20G1HA20
Condition
Broken
Location
Downlock Switch
Part time
3,409 hours
Component
Downlock Switch · Piper
Component part number
36742014
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

DURING ROLLOUT RT MLG COLLAPSED. PILOT REPORTED THAT THE MAIN GEAR INDICATION WAS DOWN AND LOCKED. DURING RETRACTION CHECK AND INSP, (2) WIRES WERE FOUND BROKEN ON LT MLG DOWNLOCK SWITCH CONNECTORS AND (1) WIRE BROKEN ON RT MLG DOWNLOCK SWITCH CONNECTOR. WHILE GROUND CHECKING LANDING GEAR EXTENSION IT WAS NOTED THAT LT MAIN GEAR LOCKED FIRST, NOSE GEAR LOCKED SECOND AND RT MAIN GEAR WOULD NOT FULLY EXTEND TO THE DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION. PLEASE NOTE THAT WIRE NRS WERE DETERMINED BY NRS DEPICTED IN THE WIRING DIAGRAM MANUAL LATEST REVISION, HOWEVER THE DIAGRAM LISTED FOR THIS MODEL ACFT DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE AN EXACT DEPICTION. THE NRS DEPICTED ON THE ACFT WIRES WERE ILLEGIBLE DUE TO AGE.

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