SDR 97ZZZX2914

Service difficulty report · Bellcrank · Cessna 402B

Difficulty date
June 1, 1997
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N5040Q
Make and model
Cessna 402B
Aircraft serial
402B0347
Part
Bellcrank
Part number
08411066
Condition
Broken
Location
Rt Mlg
Part time
13,807 hours
Stage of operation
IN
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

UPON COMPLETING A NORMAL TRIP, THE PILOT ON HIS POST FLIGHT INSPECTION NOTICED THE RT INBOARD LANDING GEAR DOOR WAS OPEN. AFTER A CLOSER INSPECTION, DETERMINED THE BELLCRANK ASSEMBLY THAT ACTUATES THE INBOARD GEAR DOOR WAS BROKEN. IT WAS BROKEN IN SUCH A WAY THAT THE ONLY SYSTEM AFFECTED WAS THE GEAR DOOR. THE PART WAS SHOWING SIGNS OF BEING CRACKED FOR SOME TIME, THE PART APPEARS TO BE CONSTRUCTED OF 'CAST' STEEL, AND THERE WAS A DARKER PORTION APPROXIMATELY ONE-THIRD THE LENGTH OF THE BREAK INDICATING IT WAS AN OLD CRACK. THE PART RESTS BEHIND A BRACKET WHICH MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO INSPECT.

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