SDR 95ZZZX3999

Service difficulty report · Rod End · Piper PA31350

Difficulty date
June 29, 1995
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N3BT
Make and model
Piper PA31350
Aircraft serial
317752172
Part
Rod End
Condition
Failed
Location
Rt Mlg Actuator
Stage of operation
CL
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

PILOT REPORTED THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR WOULD NOT UNLOCK AND RETRACT. MAINTENANCE FOUND FOLLOWING DISCREPANCIES: THE MAIN GEAR ACTUATOR ROD END (PN IS NOT LISTED IN EITHER FIGURE 39 OR FIGURE 106 OF THE IPC) HAD COME APART (BALL RETAINERS AND BALL SEPARATED FROM HOUSING) AND HAD BROKEN AT THE TOP THREAD. THE TELESCOPING ROD UPPER ROD END (PN 452-383) ALSO HAD BROKEN AT THE TOP THREAD, AND THE LOCK ROD ATTACH FORK (PN 41789-00) WAS FROZEN.

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