Service difficulty report · Selector Switch · Beech 76

Difficulty date
May 12, 2011
Submitted
May 12, 2011
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N166AC
Make and model
Beech 76
Aircraft serial
ME263
Aircraft time
2,383 hours, 2,383 cycles
Engine
Lyc O360A1D
Part
Selector Switch
Part number
8859K44
Part serial
NA
Condition
Defective
Location
Mlg
Part time
2,383 hours
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.

What was found

LANDING GEAR SELECTOR HANDLE BUMPED BY PILOT DURING LANDING, LANDING GEAR HANDLE DETENT WAS INEFFECTIVE ALLOWING GEAR TO BE SELECTED TO RETRACT POSITION, CAUSING RT LANDING GEAR TO COLLAPSE. UPON FURTHER INSP IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE LANDING GEAR SELECTOR HANDLE HAS A SET SCREW, WHICH BECAME LOOSE AND THE SELECTOR HANDLE (WHICH IS THREADED) HAD BEEN TURNED IN, TURNING THE HANDLE IN RETRACTS THE DETENT PORTION OF THE SWITCH AND THE DETENT BECOMES INEFFECTIVE. THIS ALLOWED THE GEAR HANDLE TO BE BUMPED INTO THE RETRACT POSITION.

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