What was found
AFTER TAKEOFF, PILOT REPORTED NOSE GEAR WOULD NOT LOCK UP. LOWERED GEAR AND RETURNED WITHOUT INCIDENT. FOUND ICE ON UPLOCK HOOK AND UPLOCK ROLLER, CLEANED, AND LUBRICATED NOSE GEAR, RETRACT TEST OK.
- Difficulty date
- March 31, 1996
- Submitted
- March 26, 2000
- Operation
- General aviation
- Aircraft
- N217CS
- Make and model
- Piper PA31T3
- Aircraft serial
- 31T8275014
- System (JASC)
- 3230 · Landing Gear Retraction/Extension System
- Part
- Uplock Hook
- Condition
- Iced Over
- Location
- Nlg
- Part time
- 8,915 hours
- Stage of operation
- CL
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- A, O
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.