SDR 95ZZZX3989

Service difficulty report · Switch · Cessna T210N

Difficulty date: July 12, 1995
Submitted: March 26, 2000
Operation: General aviation
Aircraft: N7213N
Make and model: Cessna T210N
Aircraft serial: 21063207
System (JASC): 3260 · Landing Gear Position and Warning
Part: Switch
Part number: YZ2RN7T
Condition: Broken
Location: Lt Mlg Uplock
Part time: 1,333 hours
Stage of operation: CL
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

LANDING GEAR RETRACTED, GEAR MOTOR SHUT OFF, BUT HAD NO UP AND LOCKED INDICATION. AIRCRAFT RETURNED AFTER AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING. INVESTIGATION REVEALED LT UPLOCK MICROSWITCH HOUSING BROKEN IN HALF. SUSPECT CAUSE, MICROSWITCH HOUSING MADE OF PLASTIC, CRACKED AND BROKEN IN HALF DUE TO TIME IN SERVICE OF SWITCH - 16 YEARS.

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