Service difficulty report · Stud · Gulstm 500S

Difficulty date
April 26, 2002
Submitted
May 31, 2002
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Gulstm 500S
Aircraft time
9,185 hours
Engine
Lyc IO540E1A5
Part
Stud
Condition
Sheared
Location
Nlg Steering
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
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) WHEN THE PILOT SELECTED GEAR DOWN, DID NOT RECEIVE A GREEN NOSE GEAR LIGHT. PILOT DID FLY BYS AND IT WAS NOTED NOSE GEAR WAS NOT IN LOCKED POSITION. PILOT LANDED & NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED WITH MINIMUM DAMAGE. INSPECTION REVEALED THAT P/N 750080-1 SPACER, (THAT ATTACHES STEERING ACTUATOR TO STEERING COLLAR) BOLT WAS SHEARED. THE BOLT IS FASTENED TO THE SPACER WITH A ROLL PIN. THE BOLT SHEARED AT THE ROLL PIN. THIS ALLOWED THE STEERING ACTUATOR TO TURN AND JAM UNDER THE NOSE CONE, NOT ALLOWING GEAR TO EXTEND FULLY TO OVER CENTRE.THE SPACER P/N 750080-1 HAS A SERVICE BULLETIN 228 TO CHECK IF STUD HAS A COTTER PIN HOLE IN IT BUT THERE IS NO MENTION OF CHECKING ROLL PIN ATTACHMENT.