SDR 98ZZZX4497

Service difficulty report · Arm · Namer T28A

Difficulty date
October 27, 1998
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N300AF
Make and model
Namer T28A
Aircraft serial
491513
Part
Arm
Condition
Broken
Location
Lt Mlg
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

OWNER INDICATED THE LEFT MAIN GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN BROUGHT TO MAINTENANCE. AIRCRAFT WAS JACKED AND AN ATTEMPT TO SWING THE GEAR WAS MADE, THE LEFT WOULD NOT MOVE. OPENED LEFT MAIN GEAR ACTUATOR CYLINDER PANEL. FOUND LEFT MAIN GEAR ACTUATING ARM BROKEN. BOTH EARS FAILED WHERE ROD END FROM ACTUATING CYLINDER ATTACHES. ACTUATING ARM REMOVED WAS CAST ALUMINUM. REPLACEMENT ARM IS STEEL. ALSO, FOUND CYLINDER ROD END BOLT IN THE WRONG DIRECTION AND WAS CONTACTING THE AIRFRAME STRUCTURE, BOLT HEAD SHOULD BE AFT.