# SDR 97ZZZX1147

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: February 6, 1997
- Submitted: March 26, 2000
- Operation: General aviation
- Aircraft: [N6900C](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6900C), registered now
- Make and model: Namer SNJ5
- Aircraft serial: 84867
- System (JASC): [3230 · Landing Gear Retraction/Extension System](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/3230)
- Part: Lock Pin
- Part number: 5533525
- Condition: Defective
- Location: Lt Mlg
- Stage of operation: TX
- Nature of condition: O
- Precautionary procedure: K
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97ZZZX1147

## Discrepancy

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  INSPECTED THE LOCK-PIN ON THE LEFT SIDE, IT WAS RETRACTED, THEN INSP THE RIGHT GEAR AND FOUND THE LOCK-PIN OUT AND LOCKED.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.

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