SDR 98ZZZX3576

Service difficulty report · Lever · Israel 1124

Difficulty date
August 26, 1998
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Filed by
BTVR626C
Pentastar Aviation, LLC.
Aircraft
N140VJ
Make and model
Israel 1124
Aircraft serial
435
Part
Lever
Part number
KY10093
Condition
Stuck
Location
Cockpit
Stage of operation
CL
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

BIV - FLT 407498 - ATTEMPTED SELECTION OF GEAR UP, LANDING GEAR SELECTOR HANDLE JAMMED IN THE GEAR DOWN POSITION. FLIGHT CREW MADE 2ND ATTEMPT TO SELECT GEAR UP, AND AN INSTRUMENT SCREW FELL OUT OF GEAR SELECTOR LEVER SLOT IN THE FACE OF THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. GEAR HANDLE WAS THEN FREE TO MOVE, AND GEAR SELECTED UP. GEAR RETRACTED NORMALLY. ACFT LANDED (LANDING GEAR OPERATED NORMALLY). ACFT FERRIED TO PTK. LANDING GEAR WAS OPERATED THROUGH 6 CYCLES WITH NO EFECTS. SCREW REINSTALLED WITH A LOCK WASHER.

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