Service difficulty report · Bearing · Cessna 177RG

Difficulty date
October 12, 2003
Submitted
November 3, 2003
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Cessna 177RG
Aircraft time
2,028 hours
Part
Bearing
Part number
S24266
Condition
Broken
Location
Mlg Actuator
Component
Actuator
Component part number
20410073
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

(CAN) ON APPROACH FOR LANDING PILOT SELECTED GEAR DOWN ANDHEARD A LOUD BANG FROM BEHIND HIM RECIEVING NO GREEN DOWN LIGHT THE PILOT ABORTED HIS LANDING. HE CIRCLED THE AIRPORT AND TRIED NUMEROUS TIMES TO GET HIS GEAR DOWN. FINALLY HE SELECTED GEAR DOWN AND DID A FLY BY OF THE TOWER. TOWER PERSONNEL SAW TOLD HIM THAT HIS NOSE GEAR WAS DOWN BUT HIS MAIN GEAR WAS JUST HANGING THERE. PILOT LANDED ON GRASS BESIDE RUNWAY AND LANDED SAFELY. THE NOSE GEAR WAS LOCKED DOWN BUT THE MAIN GEAR WAS NOT.THE FLOOR WAS LIFTED AND DISCOVERED THAT THE MAIN GEAR ACTUATOR ROD EN D THAT IS ATTACHED TO THE GEAR HAD BROKEN AND THE BROKEN PIECE HAD FALLEN INTO THE GEAR BELLCRANK AND JAMMED STOPPING THE GEAR FROM LOCKING DOWN CORRECTLY.

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