SDR 99ZZZX2480

Service difficulty report · Clevis · Gulstm 690C

Difficulty date
June 17, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N840V
Make and model
Gulstm 690C
Aircraft serial
11727
Part
Clevis
Part number
ED12758
Condition
Failed
Location
Lt Mlg
Part time
2,755 hours
Component
210015
Stage of operation
LD
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 LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR INBOARD RETRACT CYLINDER CLEVIS BROKE CAUSING THE LEFT MAIN GEAR TO COLLAPSE ON LANDING. THE LEFT GEAR INBOARD EXTENSION/RETRACTION ACTUATOR IS CONNECTED TO THIS RETRACT CYLINDER CLEVIS. THIS IS THE PHYSICAL CONNECTION BETWEEN THE ACTUATOR AND THE STRUT TO EXTEND AND RETRACT THE LANDING GEAR. THIS FORKED CLEVIS IS ATTACHED TO THE ACTUATOR AND IS INSERTED 2.250 INCHES INTO THE MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUT. THE FRACTURE OF THIS CLEVIS STARTS .3750 INCH FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE SHAFT, IS PERPENDICULAR TO THE SHAFT COVERING 60 PERCENT OF THE CIRCUMFERENCE. A SEPARATE FRACTURE ORIGINATES FROM THIS FRACTURE UP DIAGONALLY .25 INCH FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE SHAFT CREATING A FLARED LIP.