SDR 97ZZZX1147

Service difficulty report · Lock Pin · Namer SNJ5

Difficulty date
February 6, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N6900C
Make and model
Namer SNJ5
Aircraft serial
84867
Part
Lock Pin
Part number
5533525
Condition
Defective
Location
Lt Mlg
Stage of operation
TX
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

AFTER A ROUTINE FLIGHT AFTER LANDING, STOPPED ON THE TAXIWAY AND RETRACTED THE FLAPS THEN TAXIED ON WHILE S-TURNING. ACFT WAS APPROXIMATELY TWO-THIRDS THE WAY DOWN THE TAXIWAY WHEN THE LEFT GEAR COLLAPSED PUTTING THE WING TIP AND PROPELLER INTO THE GROUND. INSPECTED THE LOCK-PIN ON THE LEFT SIDE, IT WAS RETRACTED, THEN INSP THE RIGHT GEAR AND FOUND THE LOCK-PIN OUT AND LOCKED. WHILE LOOKING AT THE LEFT GEAR LOCK-PIN NOTICED IT WAS SLOWLY WORKING ITS WAY OUT INTO THE LOCKED POSITION. ON LATER INSPECTION, PUTTING THE AIRCRAFT ON JACKS THE GEAR-LOCK MECHANISM FUNCTIONED PROPERLY. UPON REMOVING THE LOCK-PIN AND SPRING, SMALL FLAKES OF HARD CHROME WERE DETECTED FROM AROUND THE AFT OF HOUSING-BORE AND LOCK-PIN.