# SDR 2026FA0000733

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: September 14, 2026
- Submitted: September 15, 2026
- Operation: General aviation
- Aircraft: [N888ET](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N888ET), registered now
- Make and model: Beech 200BEECH
- Aircraft serial: BB258
- Aircraft time: 14,346 hours, 10,761 cycles
- System (JASC): [3200 · Landing Gear System](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/3200)
- Part: Actuator
- Condition: Damaged
- Location: Zone 700
- Stage of operation: IN
- How discovered: V
- Nature of condition: W
- Precautionary procedure: K
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2026FA0000733

## Discrepancy

AIRCRAFT NLG ACTUATOR & ATTACHING PARTS DAMAGED DURING RIGGING OPS.  ALL LANDING GEAR ACTUATORS WERE BEING REPLACED WITH OVERHAULED UNITS. TO FACILITATE REMOVAL OF THE ACTUATORS, THE LANDING GEAR WAS MOVED TO THE IN-TRANSIT POSITION AND LEFT IN THAT POSITION.  MAINTENANCE CREW CONTINUED THE INSTALLATION OF ACTUATORS AND RIGGING OF THE LANDING GEAR. THE NOSE GEAR ACTUATOR WAS THE FIRST TO BE INSTALLED AND IT WAS SECURED IN THE DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION. WHEN APPLYING POWER TO THE AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR SYSTEM THE MOTOR DROVE TOWARDS THE DOWN POSITION, OVEREXTENDING THE NOSE GEAR ACTUATOR AND DRAG BRACE, SINCE IT WAS ALREADY IN THE DOWN POSITION.

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