What was found
LEFT MAIN FAILED TO RETRACT. TORQUE TUBE WAS FOUND TO HAVE A SPIRAL CRACK STARTING AT THE TOP BY THE BOLT, P/N 5243518-3, AND TRAVELING AROUND THE TUBE AND TOWARD THE END OF THE TUBE.
- Difficulty date
- May 22, 1996
- Submitted
- March 26, 2000
- Operation
- General aviation
- Aircraft
- N401RW
- Make and model
- Cessna 401
- Aircraft serial
- 401118
- System (JASC)
- 3230 · Landing Gear Retraction/Extension System
- Part
- Torque Tube
- Part number
- 50450101
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Lt Mlg
- Part time
- 3,902 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.