SDR 99ZZZX4241

Service difficulty report · Valve · Piper PA42

Difficulty date
September 20, 1999
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N29TF
Make and model
Piper PA42
Aircraft serial
425501003
Part
Valve
Part number
756555
Condition
Sticking
Location
Mlg Door
Part time
6,372 hours
Stage of operation
LD
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

DURING LANDING GEAR EXTENSION, LEFT AND RIGHT LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND. AN ATTEMPT TO EXTEND THE GEAR WAS MADE USING EMERGENCY BLOW-DOWN SYSTEM. THE RIGHT GEAR CAME DOWN, BUT NOT THE LEFT. THE LEFT GEAR EVENTUALLY CAME DOWN. ACFT WAS PLACED ON JACKS AND A GEAR RETRACTION TEST WAS COMPLETED. PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. POSSIBLE CAUSE WAS THE INBD GEAR DOOR SOLENOID MOMENTARILY STUCK IN THE DOOR CLOSED POSITION. THE DOOR SOLENOID WAS REPLACED AND GEAR RETRACTION TEST WAS COMPLETED WITH NO PROBLEMS. IT WAS ALSO DETERMINED A WIRE TO THE LEFT GEAR BLOW-DOWN BOTTLE WAS BROKEN RESULTING IN THE INABILITY OF THE LEFT GEAR BEING EXTENDED USING THE EMERGENCY BLOW-DOWN SYSTEM. THE WIRE WAS REPAIRED.

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