SDR A8JA0002

Service difficulty report · Jam-Nut · Lear 35A

Difficulty date
May 27, 2009
Submitted
June 1, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N990L
Make and model
Lear 35A
Aircraft serial
483
Aircraft time
10,042 hours, 8,507 cycles
Part
Jam-Nut
Part number
AN62896J
Condition
Cracked
Location
Mlg Actuator
Part time
10,042 hours, 8,507 cycles
Component
Actuator · Lear
Component part number
2327100
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

ON SHORT FINAL, CREW EXTENDED GEAR AND NOTICED GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT. THEY ALSO NOTICED LOW HYDRAULIC PRESSURE. ACFT WAS CONFIGURED FOR LANDING AND HAD 20 DEGREE FLAPS. CREW ACTIVATED AUX HYD PUMP AND GEAR WENT DOWN AND LOCKED. CREW WAS ABLE TO TAXI AND USE WHEEL BRAKES WITH AUX PUMP. POST FLIGHT INSP REVEALED A CRACKED JAM NUT ON THE LT MAIN GEAR ACTUATOR HYDR SWIVEL FITTING ALLOWING A RELEASE OF HYDRAULIC FLUID. THE JAM NUT WAS REPLACED AND THE HYDR SYS WAS SERVICED AND TESTED. NO FURTHER DAMAGE WAS FOUND. ACFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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