Service difficulty report · Attach Bracket · Cessna 340A

Difficulty date
January 3, 2025
Submitted
January 3, 2025
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N774DC
Make and model
Cessna 340A
Aircraft serial
34A0206
Part
Attach Bracket
Part number
50270025
Condition
Failed
Location
Zone 700
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
O
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

THE ACFT LANDED WITH DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATIONS ON LEFT AND NOSE GEAR ONLY. THE RIGHT GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO GO OFF THE RUNWAY INTO GRASS AREA ALONG SIDE THE RUNWAY, THE PROP AND RIGHT WING WERE DAMAGED. UPON SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION IT WAS NOTED THAT THE AFT TORQUE TUBE ATTACH BRACKET WAS TORN OUT AT THE BEARING MOUNT ALLOWING THE TORQUE TUBE TO "WOBBLE AROUND" IN THE GEAR WELL WHEN TRYING TO OPERATE THE GEAR GNING INSUFFICIENT LATERAL FORCE TO LOWER AND LOCK THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR.

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