Service difficulty report · Actuator · Beech A100

Difficulty date
March 1, 2000
Submitted
January 19, 2001
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Beech A100
Aircraft time
14,178 hours
Engine
Pwa PT6A28
Part
Actuator
Part number
1158110206
Condition
Noisy
Location
Nlg
Part time
2,007 cycles
Component
Landing Gear Act · Beech
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.

What was found

(CAN) FOLLOWING TAKE-OFF THE PILOT COULD NOT GET THE LANDING GEAR TO FULLY RETRACT OR EXTEND. MANUAL EXTENSION WAS REQUIRED. DURING RETRACTION TEST, MAINTENANCE OBSERVED THE GEARBOX WAS NOISY AND THE NOSEGEAR ACTUATOR WAS AT MAX LIMITS END PLAY. THE NOSE GEAR ACTUATOR HAD 310 CYCLES ON IT SINCE OVERHAUL.THE ACTUATOR & GEARBOX WERE REPLACED. SUPPLEMENTAL: STRIP REPORT FOR GEAR BOX INDICATED THAT THE BEARINGS WERE ROUGH AND NOISY AND REPLACED.STRIP REPORTFOR ACTUATOR INDICATED THAT THE NUT ENDPLAY EXCEEDED 0.010 AND REPLACED. NUT PREVIOUSLY SUPPLIED BY KADAX ON W4539.

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