Service difficulty report · Snap Ring · Raythn C90GT

Difficulty date
January 30, 2012
Submitted
February 10, 2012
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N232BG
Make and model
Raythn C90GT
Aircraft serial
LJ1881
Part
Snap Ring
Condition
Missing
Location
Hyd Powerpack
Component
Hyd Powerpack
Component part number
993880025115
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

DURING APPROACH, SELECTED MLG DOWN & IT FAILED TO RESPOND. TRIED SEVERAL TIME TO EXTEND GEAR WITH NO RESULTS. PROCEEDED TO PUMP GEAR DOWN & RECEIVED 3 DOWN & LOCK LIGHTS WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. FOUND 60 AMP CIRCUIT TRIPPED. NO OTHER DEFECTS NOTICED ON INITIAL INSPECTION. A RETRACTION WAS PERFORMED IAW MANUAL & GEAR RETRACTED WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED. WHEN GEAR DOWN SELECTED, RETRACT MOTOR BOGGED DOWN & TRIPPED THE 60 AMP CIRCUIT BREAKER. ON CLOSER INSPECTION, HYD FLUID OBSERVED LEAKING FROM AREA WHERE RETRACT MOTOR CONNECTS TO HYD POWER PACK. REMOVED HYD POWER PACK & RETRACT MOTOR ASSY. SOURCE OF HYD LEAK FOUND TO BE HYD POWER PACK GARLOCK SEAL OR SHAFT SEAL. SNAP RING TO RETAIN THE GARLOCK SEAL WAS MISSING. RETAINING SNAP RING PREVENTS GARLOCK SEAL FROM MOVING AND ALLOWING HYD FLUID TO LEAK INTO RETRACT MOTOR.