SDR 98ZZZX4823

Service difficulty report · Gear · Cessna 177RG

Difficulty date
June 17, 1998
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N21620
Make and model
Cessna 177RG
Aircraft serial
177RG0562
Part
Gear
Part number
20810018
Condition
Failed
Location
Mlg
Stage of operation
NR
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

MAIN LANDING GEARS FAILED TO EXTEND. FROM CHASE PLANE, OBSERVED NOSE GEAR WOULD RETRACT AND EXTEND. THE MAINS WOULD NOT MOVE, AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS LANDING WITH BOTH MAINS IN TRAIL. HOISTING THE AIRCRAFT, FOUND RT MAIN WAS EASILY MOVED TO THE DOWN POSITION. IT TOOK SEVERAL BACK AND FORTH MOVEMENTS TO GET THE LT HAND GEAR DOWN. ON INSPECTION, FOUND BOTH SECTOR GEAR BOLTS SHEARED. ONE TOOTH FROM THE LT HAND PINION GEAR WAS LYING IN THE BELLY. SUBMITTER BELIEVES THE SEQUENCE OF FAILURE WAS THAT A TOOTH BROKE OFF THE PINION GEAR AND JAMMED THE MAIN GEARS. ON LANDING, THE SECTOR BOLTS FAILED FROM THE WEIGHT OF THE AIRCRAFT FORCING THE GEARS UP.

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