# SDR 96ZZZX4730

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: August 11, 1996
- Submitted: March 26, 2000
- Operation: General aviation
- Aircraft: [N5741M](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5741M), registered now
- Make and model: Cessna 310P
- Registry model: [Cessna 310P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: 310P0041
- System (JASC): [3230 · Landing Gear Retraction/Extension System](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/3230)
- Part: Fork Bolt
- Part number: 52435181
- Condition: Broken
- Location: Rt Mlg
- Stage of operation: NR
- Nature of condition: O
- Precautionary procedure: K
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/96ZZZX4730

## Discrepancy

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.

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