Service difficulty report · Bolt · Piper PA42720

Difficulty date
November 16, 2001
Submitted
December 12, 2001
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Piper PA42720
Aircraft time
5,927 hours
Engine
Pwa PT6A61
Part
Bolt
Part number
401195
Condition
Broken
Location
Mlg
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
R, J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

(CAN) FLT CREW WERE UNABLE TO EXTEND LT MLG THROUGH NORMAL (HYDRAULIC) OR EMERG (HYDRAULIC/PNEUMATIC) MEANS PRIOR TO LDG. LOSS OF HYDRAULIC FLUID EVIDENT AROUND TRAILING EDGE OF LT WING & FLAP AREAS. NOSE & RT MLG WERE RETRACTED & A/C MADE SUCCESSFUL GEAR UP LDG. INVESTIGATION. DETERMINED LT MLG ACTUATING CYLINDER TOP BOLT HAD BROKEN. ALLOWED CYLINDER TO SLIDE DOWN RAM WHEN GEAR INITIALLY SELECTED DOWN, INSTEAD OF RAM RETRACTING INTO STATIONARY CYLINDER. CYLINDER MOVEMENT BROKE LOWER FITTING THAT IS COMMON TO BOTH HYDRAULIC&PNEUMATIC SYS PRESSURES, RESULTING IN OVERBOARD LOSS OF HYDRAULIC FLUID A ND ANY PENUMATIC PRESSURE:

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