SDR 96ZZZX4325

Service difficulty report · Lock Valve · Cessna 177RG

Difficulty date
July 25, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N1566H
Make and model
Cessna 177RG
Aircraft serial
177RG0740
Part
Lock Valve
Part number
12805201
Condition
Malfunction
Location
Mlg
Stage of operation
AP
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 WAS UNABLE TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR EITHER BY THE NORMAL OR THE EMERGENCY HYDRAULIC SYSTEM. A GEAR UP LANDING WAS MADE AND MINOR DAMAGE. WHEN ACFT WAS JACKED UP PRIOR TO REMOVING IT, NOTED THE LANDING GEAR COULD NOT BE PUSHED INTO LOCKS. WHEN MAIN GEAR WAS MOVED TO DOWN AND LOCK POSITION, NOSE GEAR WOULD RETRACT, AND WHEN MAINS WERE MOVED TO WHEELWELLS, NOSE WOULD GO INTO ITS DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION. HYDRAULIC PRESSURE WAS TRAPPED IN RETRACT 'SIDE' OF HYD SYS. A B-NUT ON THE RETRACT PORT OF NOSE GEAR HYD ACTUATOR WAS LOOSENED TO ALLOW FLUID TO ESCAPE AND THE HAND PUMP WAS THEN USED TO PUMP LANDING GEAR TO A 'DOWN AND LOCKED' POSITION ALLOWING ACFT TO BE TOWED FROM RUNWAY.

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