Service difficulty report · Bracket · Piper PA31350

Difficulty date
September 27, 2001
Submitted
December 12, 2001
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Piper PA31350
Aircraft time
11,495 hours
Engine
Lyc TIO540J2BD
Part
Bracket
Condition
Failed
Location
Rt Mlg Uplock
Part time
11,788 hours
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
L

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

What was found

(CAN) RT MAIN GEAR FAILED TO EXTEND. THIS WAS DUE TO RIVETS ATTACHING UPLOCK BRACKETS P/N 40616-01 & 40616-02 SHEARING. THIS MAY HAVE BEEN DUE TO CORROSION. THIS ALLOWED W8 OF LDG GEAR TO PULL RIVETS THROUGH 2 ANGLES P/N 40625-00. AS A RESULT OF THIS, A MISALIGNMENT OF UPLOCK HOOK WITH UPLOCK ROLLER CAUSED UPLOCK HOOK TO JAM. THIS PREVENTED GEAR FROM EXTENDING. PILOT WAS ABLE TO FREE GEAR BY APPLYING POSITIVE & NEGATIVE G LOADS ON GEAR. GEAR THEN EXTENDED NORMALLY. UPLOCK BRACKETS HAD BEEN MODIFIED WHEN BOUNDARY LAYER RESEARCH STC-SA 00202SE SUPER CHIEF II WAS INST & AGAIN WHEN BOUNDARY LAYER RESEARCH SB- BLR 105 WAS COMPLIED WITH.

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