Service difficulty report · Landing Gear · Piper PA24250

Difficulty date
December 16, 2013
Submitted
January 17, 2014
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N6498P
Make and model
Piper PA24250
Aircraft serial
241618
Part
Landing Gear
Condition
Malfunctioned
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
P
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

PILOT DID NOT GET GREEN DOWN LIGHT AND TOWER REPORTED THAT GEAR LOOKED TO BE DOWN. WHEN PILOT LANDED, GEAR COLLAPSED. WHEN ACFT WAS PICKED UP, TRANSMISSION AND GEAR FELL DOWN AND LOCKED. AFTER PUTTING ACFT ON JACKS AND RUNNING GEAR, FOUND, DUE TO THE GEAR BEING PARTIALLY DOWN, THE WEIGHT OF THE ACFT FORCED THE GEAR TRANSMISSION AND MOTOR ASSY FORWARD AND WAS PULLED THROUGH THE BULKHEAD, PN 20601-06, AT FS 87 AND BROKE THE CHANNEL ASSY AND BULKHEAD. LANDING GEAR CIRCUIT BREAKER IS LOCATED ABOVE THE PILOT LT LEG AND POINTS DOWN AND CANNOT BE SEEN IF IT HAD TRIPPED WITHOUT FEELING OF IT. FOUND THE GEAR SLIDE TUBES IN THE WHEEL WELLS WERE DIRTY WITH EXCESS GREASE AND COULD CAUSE EXCESS LOAD ON SYSTEM.

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