SDR 96ZZZX345

Service difficulty report · Attach Lug · Cessna 421C

Difficulty date
November 30, 1995
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N888HT
Make and model
Cessna 421C
Aircraft serial
421C0290
Part
Attach Lug
Part number
571304022
Condition
Failed
Location
Nlg Actuator
Part time
3,078 hours
Stage of operation
CL
Nature of condition
J
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 'GEAR UNLOCKED' LIGHT STAYED ON WHEN GEAR SELECTED UP AFTER TAKEOFF. AFTER A FLY-BY, THE TOWER TOLD PILOT NOSE GEAR WAS HANGING DOWN, IN TRAIL. PILOT SELECTED GEAR DOWN AND ALL 3 GREEN DOWN AND LOCKED LIGHTS CAME ON AS THE UNLOCKED LIGHT WENT OUT. A NORMAL LANDING WAS MADE AND ACFT WAS TURNED OVER FOR REPAIR. INSPECTED THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTION SYSTEM AND FOUND BOTH NOSE LANDING GEAR RETRACT ACTUATOR ATTACH LUGS (PN 5713040-22'S) HAD BROKEN WHERE THEY ATTACH TO THE END BOSS OF THE ACTUATOR. THIS PROBABLY HAPPENED WHEN THE GEAR WAS SELECTED UP AFTER TAKEOFF AND ALLOWED THE NOSE GEAR TO TRAIL IN THE SLIPSTREAM.

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