SDR 95ZZZX2616

Service difficulty report · Actuator · Beech 65

Difficulty date
May 15, 1995
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N499L
Make and model
Beech 65
Aircraft serial
LC87
Part
Actuator
Part number
508101641
Condition
Jammed
Location
Lt Mlg
Stage of operation
IN
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

UPON TEAR-DOWN INSPECTION OF LT MLG ACTUATOR, THE FOLLOWING ITEMS WERE NOTED: 1. TOTAL ACTUATOR EXTENSION WAS 8 INCHES COMPARED TO TOTAL EXTENSION ON THE GOOD RT ACTUATOR OF 9.5 INCHES. 2. AFTER REMOVAL, ACTUATOR WAS FROZEN TO TURNING AND AFTER FREEING ALL IMPACT DAMAGE, ACTUATORS STILL FROZEN AND THEN RACTHATY IN MOVEMENT. 3. FURTHER DISASSEMBLY REVEALED THREAD DAMAGE TO THE UPPER THREADS OF NUT ASSY. THIS THREAD DAMAGE WOULD CAUSE THE ACTUATOR TO BIND AND NOT FULLY EXTEND THE LT GEAR. CYCLES, 25.

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