Service difficulty report · Unknown · Cessna 402C

Difficulty date
November 17, 2023
Submitted
November 20, 2023
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N404JD
Make and model
Cessna 402C
Aircraft serial
402C0260
Aircraft time
22,421 hours
Part
Unknown
Part number
UNKNOWN
Condition
Unknown
Location
Unknown
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
P
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AFTER DEPARTURE RETRACTED THE MLG AND CONFIRMED THE GEAR WAS UP WHEN THE UNLOCK LIGHT EXTINGUISHED AND 3 GREEN MLG DOWN LIGHTS WERE ALSO EXTINGUISHED. NOTICED THAT THE AIRSPEED WAS SLOWER THAN NORMAL & CLIMB RATE WAS SLOWER THAN NORMAL. ALONG WITH SLOWER SPEED & CLIMB RATE, NOTICED NEEDED MORE THAN USUAL LT RUDDER TO KEEP ACFT CENTERED. AFTER REVIEWING ALL INDICATIONS, SUSPECTED THAT RT MLG DID NOT RETRACT. A FRIEND WHO IS A PRIVATE PILOT WAS RIDING ALONG WITH ME ON THE TRIP AS A PASSENGER. ASKED HIM TO GO TO THE BACK OF CABIN AND CHECK TO SEE IF HE CAN SEE THE GEAR DOWN. WAS ABLE TO SEE THAT THE RT MLG HANGING DOWN BUT NOT FULLY DOWN & LOCKED. AFTER LEARNING THIS, CYCLED THE MLG MULTIPLE TIMES. THE MLG WILL EXTEND TO DOWN & LOCKED POSITION BUT AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS, THE RT MLG WOULD NOT FULLY RETRACT. DIVERTED BACK TO KGYH & CONDUCTED A NORMAL LANDING. MAINTENANCE INVESTIGATING THIS ISSUE NOW.

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