Service difficulty report · Chain · Beech 200BEECH

Difficulty date
June 11, 2021
Submitted
June 19, 2021
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N335TA
Make and model
Beech 200BEECH
Aircraft serial
BB514
Aircraft time
14,044 hours, 13,696 cycles
Part
Chain
Part number
131378252889
Part serial
NSN
Condition
Broken
Location
Nlg Retract
Part time
8,375 hours, 8,168 cycles
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
Z
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

PILOT DID NOT RECEIVE NOSE DOWN AND LOCKED LIGHT ON APPROACH, ATTEMPTED EMERGENCY EXTENSION, NO CHANGE. FLEW BY TOWER AND VERIFIED THAT NOSE GEAR WAS NOT EXTENDED. LANDED AT MWC WITH MAIN GEAR EXTENDED AND NOSE RETRACTED. MECHANICS NOTED THAT NLG RETRACT CHAIN BETWEEN GEARBOX AND CROSSOVER WAS BROKEN CAUSING FAILURE OF GEAR TO EXTEND.