Service difficulty report · Powerpack · Cessna 172RG

Difficulty date
March 22, 2022
Submitted
March 28, 2022
Operation
General aviation
Filed by
BQVD582C
Richmor Aviation Inc
Aircraft
N9437D
Make and model
Cessna 172RG
Aircraft serial
172RG1161
Aircraft time
8,680 hours
Part
Powerpack
Part number
98811241
Part serial
56901
Condition
Intermittent
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
H, O

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

What was found

MOMENTARILY AFTER LANDING GEAR RETRACTION DURING TRAINING, THE LANDING GEAR MOTOR CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS FOUND DISENGAGED. ONE CB RESET ATTEMPTED BUT RESULTED IN ANOTHER TRIPPING. CB WAS LEFT DISENGAGED. VERY SLIGHT ODOR WAS NOTICED. MANUAL LANDING EXTENSION WAS PERFORMED. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE TROUBLESHOT AND REPLACED THE LANDING GEAR HYDRAULIC POWER PACK MOTOR / PUMP ASSEMBLY. AS A PRECAUTION, THE CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS REPLACED (POSSIBLE SIGNS OF BEING SLIGHTLY HEATED). MULTIPLE NORMAL LANDING GEAR EXTENSIONS/RETRACTIONS AND EMERGENCY EXTENSIONS WERE PERFORMED. OPERATIONAL AND LEAK CHECKS WERE OK. SUBSEQUENT FLIGHT, OPERATION WAS NORMAL.

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