SDR 96ZZZX4817

Service difficulty report · Bellcrank · Piper PA60601

Difficulty date
August 24, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N42WH
Make and model
Piper PA60601
Aircraft serial
610533131
Part
Bellcrank
Part number
400089002
Condition
Failed
Location
Gear Door
Part time
3,969 hours
Stage of operation
CL
Nature of condition
P
Precautionary procedure
A

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

AFTER TAKEOFF, PILOT RETRACTED GEAR AND GOT NO UP LIGHT. COULD SEE INBOARD DOOR TRAILING. PILOT LOWERED AND LANDED. BELLCRANK WAS FOUND IN SEVERAL PIECES. OUTBOARD ROD, 400006-11, WAS BENT AND INBOARD GEAR DOOR WAS OPEN ON LANDING, SCRAPED RUNWAY, AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. NO OTHER DAMAGE FOUND AND NO MIS-RIGGING WAS FOUND.