SDR 96ZZZX703

Service difficulty report · Atttach Lug · Cessna 421C

Difficulty date
November 30, 1995
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N888HT
Make and model
Cessna 421C
Aircraft serial
421C0290
Part
Atttach Lug
Part number
571304022
Condition
Broken
Location
Nlg Actuator
Stage of operation
CL
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

PILOT REPORTED 'GEAR UNLOCKED' LIGHT STAYED ON WHEN GEAR SELECTED UP AFTER TAKEOFF. AFTER A FLYBY, TOWER TOLD HIM NOSE GEAR WAS HANGING DOWN, IN TRAIL. PILOT SELECTED GEAR DOWN AND ALL 3 GREEN DOWN AND LOCKED LIGHTS CAME ON AS THE UNLOCKED LIGHT WENT OUT. A NORMAL LANDING WAS MADE AND ACFT TURNED OVER FOR REPAIR. INSPECTED LANDING GEAR RETRACTION SYSTEM AND FOUND BOTH NLG RETRACT ACTUATOR ATTACH LUGS (PN 5713040-22'S) HAD BROKEN WHERE THEY ATTACH TO BOSS OF ACTUATOR. SUSPECT THIS HAPPENED WHEN GEAR WAS SELECTED UP AFTER TAKEOFF AND ALLOWED THE NOSE GEAR TO TRAIL IN THE SLIPSTREAM.

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