SDR 2022F00341

Service difficulty report · None · Cessna 120

Difficulty date
August 22, 2022
Submitted
August 31, 2022
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N67AZ
Make and model
Cessna 120
Aircraft serial
0245
Aircraft time
5,229 hours, 4,599 cycles
Part
None
Condition
Loose
Location
Zone 500
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

UPON CLIMB OUT FROM KSDL THE PILOT SAW A LH GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT. HE THEN CYCLED THE LANDING GEAR AND APPROX. 4 MINUTES LATER HE SAW THE RED GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT AGAIN. HE CYCLED THE LANDING GEAR ONCE MORE AND THE CREW RETURNED TO BASE. - MAINTENANCE TROUBLESHOT THE DISCREPANCY AND FOUND THAT THE LH MLG UP-LOCK SUPPORT BRACKET WHICH HOUSES THE UP-LOCK SWITCH TO BE LOOSE CAUSING MOTION SUFFICIENT TO UN-ACTUATE THE UP-LOCK SWITCH. MAINTENANCE CORRECTED THE ISSUE, AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RELEASED.

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