What was found
AFTER DEPARTING ABI PILOT SELECTED GEAR UP BUT NOTHING HAPPENED, RETURNED TO ABI. MAINTENANCE FOUND LEFT MAIN STRUT DIRTY AND STICKING. CLEANED AND LUBED STRUT, OPS CHECKED GOOD.
- Difficulty date
- December 9, 2009
- Submitted
- January 4, 2010
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N78RE
- Make and model
- Beech 58
- Aircraft serial
- TH371
- Aircraft time
- 14,706 hours
- System (JASC)
- 3213 · Main Landing Gear Strut/Axle/Truck
- Part
- Strut
- Condition
- Dirty
- Location
- Lt Mlg
- Stage of operation
- CL
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- A
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.