SDR 99ZZZX3497

Service difficulty report · Fiting · Lear 55C

Difficulty date: July 29, 1999
Submitted: March 26, 2000
Operation: General aviation
Aircraft: N10CR
Make and model: Lear 55C
Aircraft serial: 145
System (JASC): 5280 · Landing Gear Doors
Part: Fiting
Part number: 54221531
Condition: Failed
Location: Mlg Door
Part time: 2,380 hours
Stage of operation: IN
Nature of condition: O
Precautionary procedure: A

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

What was found

AFTER TAKEOFF DURING GEAR REATRACTION, LOUD NOISE WAS HEARD IN CABIN. ALL SYSTEMS APPEARED NORMAL. UPON LANDING CREW FOUND RIGHT OUTBOARD GEAR DOOR ATTACH FITTING BROKEN AT TURNBUCKLE ATTACH POINT, AND BOLT, NUT, AND BUSHING STILL IN TURNBUCKLE. SUBMITTER RECOMMENED THICKER MATERIAL ON FITTING ATACH FLANGES.

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