What was found
BOLT BROKE AND CAUSED AFT ROD ASSY (P/N 0840125-13) TO JAM AND RT MLG WOULD NOT EXTEND FULLY. FORK BOLT WAS PREVIOUSLY CRACKED FOR SOME TIME, BUT CRACK WAS HIDDEN BY TORQUE TUBE AND NOT DETECTABLE BY VISUAL INSPECTION.
- Difficulty date
- August 11, 1996
- Submitted
- March 26, 2000
- Operation
- General aviation
- Aircraft
- N5741M
- Make and model
- Cessna 310P
- Aircraft serial
- 310P0041
- System (JASC)
- 3230 · Landing Gear Retraction/Extension System
- Part
- Fork Bolt
- Part number
- 52435181
- Condition
- Broken
- Location
- Rt Mlg
- Stage of operation
- NR
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.