Service difficulty report · Rod · Beech T34A

Difficulty date
May 17, 2016
Submitted
May 18, 2016
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N555ZZ
Make and model
Beech T34A
Aircraft serial
G290
Aircraft time
11,274 hours, 8,000 cycles
Engine
Cont IO470*
Engine time
241 hours, 220 cycles
Propeller
Beech 278100
Part
Rod
Part number
3518512512
Condition
Failed
Location
Gear Retract
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
9
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

AFTER GEAR DROP, LT MAIN SHOWED DOWN, LOCKED, RT MAIN SHOWED UNSAFE AND NOSE WHEEL UNSAFE. ACFT LANDED AFTER TOWER REPORTED THE GEAR APPEARED DOWN. AT END OF ROLLOUT, ACFT STARTED A RT DRIFT AND A RT WING STARTED TO DROP. RIGHT GEAR FOLDED ONTO PARTIALLY OPEN INNER GEAR DOOR. INSPECTION FOUND THAT THE BRAZE ASSEMBLY MAIN GEAR RETRACT ROD SEPARATED ON LT MAIN AT GEAR BOX. FINGERS WERE BENT FOR MOTOR SHUTDOWN LIMIT SWITCHES. ROD WAS INSTALLED UPSIDE DOWN CAUSING FAILURE WITH CONTACT ON RT ROD AT GEAR BOX. RT WING WAS REPAIRED BY ACFTS. WHERE BOTH WINGS WERE REMOVED FOR A REPAIR ON THE RT WING. DAMAGE INCLUDED RT FLAP AND INNER FLAP TRACK BRACKETS INNER GEAR DOOR AND BRACKET.

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