Service difficulty report · Strut · Cessna 750

Difficulty date
January 28, 2011
Submitted
February 3, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N998CX
Make and model
Cessna 750
Aircraft serial
7500098
Aircraft time
8,961 hours, 5,330 cycles
Part
Strut
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Nlg
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

WHEN RETRACTING THE LANDING GEAR ALL THREE GREEN LIGHTS EXTINGUISHED, BUT THE RED GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED FOR APPROXIMATELY 3 MINUTES DURING WHICH THE LANDING GEAR REPEATEDLY MADE A BANGING NOISE AS IF IT IS MOMENTARILY EXTENDING AND RETRACTING. DURING RUNNING THE ABNORMAL CHECKLIST THE NOISE STOPPED AND THE RED LIGHT FINALLY EXTINGUISHED ALTHOUGH SOME WIND NOISE REMAINED FOR APPROXIMATELY 30 SECONDS. THE CHECKLIST REQUIRED PILOTS TO SELECT GEAR DOWN, GET THREE GREEN LIGHTS AND LAND AS SOON AS PRACTICAL. LANDING AT TPA WAS COORDINATED BETWEEN FLIGHT CONTROL AND MAINTENANCE CONTROL. AIRCRAFT WAS TAKEN TO ORLANDO CITATION SERVICE CENTER WHERE NOSE GEAR STRUT WAS REPACKED AND ORIFICE BEARING WAS REPLACED.

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