What was found
DURING DESCENT A LOUD NOISE WAS HEARD AT LANDING GEAR EXTENSION. ON INVESTIGATION, THE RT MAIN GEAR ACTUATOR WAS FOUND TO BE CRACKED. PART WAS REPLACED AND ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.
- Difficulty date
- March 30, 2012
- Submitted
- July 9, 2012
- Operation
- General aviation
- Aircraft
- N9564B
- Make and model
- Cessna 172RG
- Aircraft serial
- 172RG0884
- Aircraft time
- 9,100 hours
- Engine
- Lyc O360*
- System (JASC)
- 3233 · Landing Gear Actuator
- Part
- Actuator
- Part number
- 98820152
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Rt Mlg
- Part time
- 9,100 hours
- Stage of operation
- DE
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- E
- Precautionary procedure
- O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.