SDR 95ZZZX805

Service difficulty report · Push/Pull Rod · Cessna 340A

Difficulty date
January 21, 1995
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N341SC
Make and model
Cessna 340A
Aircraft serial
340A1810
Part
Push/Pull Rod
Part number
084012515
Condition
Failed
Location
Rt Mlg Well
Part time
968 hours
Stage of operation
AP
Nature of condition
P
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

RIGHT LANDING GEAR DOWN LIGHT DID NOT COME ON AFTER GEAR EXTENSION. PILOT TRIED SEVERAL RETRACTIONS AND EXTENSIONS, BUT LIGHT WOULD NOT COME ON. SOUNDS DURING EXTENSION SEEMED NORMAL. WHEN A/C TOUCHED DOWN AND STARTED ROLL-OUT, THE RT GEAR FOLDED ONTO INBOARD DOOR. PROPELLER STRUCK GROUND AND FLAPS WERE DAMAGED. FOUND GEAR LOCK BELLCRANK PUSH/PULL ROD BROKE AT OTBD ROD END ALLOWING GEAR TO COME UNLOCKED. APPEARS TO BE SOME STRESS CRACKS IN ROD WHERE BEARING IS MOUNTED.

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