SDR 98ZZZX3806

Service difficulty report · Pivot Pin · Cessna 402B

Difficulty date
September 4, 1998
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N7886Q
Make and model
Cessna 402B
Aircraft serial
402B0214
Part
Pivot Pin
Part number
08410111
Condition
Loose
Location
Trunnion
Stage of operation
TX
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

THE PILOT STATED HE HEARD A FUNNY NOISE WHEN LANDING GEAR WAS RETRACTED. WHEN LANDING GEAR WAS EXTENDED TO LAND, DID NOT GET A SAFE INDICATION ON LT MAIN GEAR. UPON LANDING, ACFT SETTLED ON ITS GEAR, ROLLED SEVERAL FEET AND THE LT GEAR CAME OFF OF THE ACFT. THE ROLL PIN (NAS561P4-28) THAT RETAINS THE UPPER TRUNNION PIVOT PIN (0841011-1) IN PLACE HAD SHEARED ALLOWING THE PIVOT PIN TO MOVE FORWARD WHICH ALLOWED THE GEAR TO COME OFF OF THE ACFT.

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