Service difficulty report · Shaft · Beech 76

Difficulty date
October 7, 2002
Submitted
November 6, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Beech 76
Part
Shaft
Part number
00153840021
Condition
Fractured
Location
Mlg Actuator
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
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

(AUS) LT MAIN LANDING GEAR ACTUATOR RAM SHAFT SNAPPED AT THREADED PORTION NEAR RODEND. RAM THEN PUNCHED THROUGH MAIN LANDING GEAR BAY RIB AND BENT THE RAM SHAFT.

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