What was found
(AUS) MAIN LANDING GEAR ACTUATOR SHAFT BROKEN. RAM ADJUSTMENT STOP HAS BEEN ILLEGALLY MODIFIED WITH THE PLAIN NUT REPLACED WITH A METALLOCKNUT AND THE REMAINING LOCKING NUT NOT LOCKWIRED. UNAPPROVED PART. PERSONNEL/MAINTENANCE ERROR.
- Difficulty date
- February 5, 1998
- Submitted
- March 26, 2000
- Operation
- General aviation
- Make and model
- Piper PA31350
- Propeller
- Hartzl HCE3YR2
- System (JASC)
- 3233 · Landing Gear Actuator
- Part
- Actuator
- Part number
- 757499
- Condition
- Broken
- Location
- Mlg
- Component
- Wiebel · 21151
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.