# SDR 96ZZZX703

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: November 30, 1995
- Submitted: March 26, 2000
- Operation: General aviation
- Aircraft: [N888HT](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N888HT), registered now
- Make and model: Cessna 421C
- Registry model: [Cessna 421C](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft serial: 421C0290
- System (JASC): [3230 · Landing Gear Retraction/Extension System](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/3230)
- Part: Atttach Lug
- Part number: 571304022
- Condition: Broken
- Location: Nlg Actuator
- Stage of operation: CL
- Nature of condition: J
- Precautionary procedure: A
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/96ZZZX703

## Discrepancy

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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