Service difficulty report · Torque Tube · Cessna 310L

Difficulty date
November 13, 2002
Submitted
January 6, 2003
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Cessna 310L
Aircraft time
7,281 hours
Engine
Cont IO470VO
Part
Torque Tube
Part number
50450102
Condition
Cracked
Location
Mlg
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
E, N
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

(CAN) ON T/O, A CLUNK HEARD NEAR END OF MLG TRAVEL DURING RETRACTION. NO DIFFERECE IN FLT CONTROL. PILOTS INFORMED RT MLG HANGING. MLG SELECTED DOWN STEEP BANKS & YAWS PERFORMED TO GET RT MLG LOCKED. NO DOWN & LOCKED IND EVIDENT, A/C LANDED UNEVENTFULLY. RT MLG NOT LOCKED, SIDE BRACE LOCK NOT OVER-CENTER AND DOWNLOCK SPRING BROKEN. JACKED A/C, RT TORQUE TUBE ASSY BROKEN AT OTBD PUSH-PULL TUBE ATTACH POINT. INVEST REVEALED A CRACK AT ATTACH POINT. THERE IS NO SPECIAL INSPECTION ON THIS PART OF MLG, DIFFICULT TO DETECT A CRACK WITHOUT REMOVING TORQUE TUBE FROM A/C. TORQUE TUBE AND RETRACTION SYSTEM TEARDOWN AND INSPECT REQUIRE INITIAL INSPECTIONS AT 10000 HOURS. A/C HAS ONLY 7621.4 HOURS SINCE NEW.

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