Service difficulty report · Relay · Pilats PC1245

Difficulty date
December 3, 2003
Submitted
January 5, 2004
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Pilats PC1245
Aircraft time
5,800 hours
Engine
Pwa PT6A67B
Propeller
Hartzl HCE4A3D
Part
Relay
Part number
9740926112
Condition
Failed
Location
Mlg
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

(CAN) AFTER TAKE-OFF, LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT FULLY RETRACT. NOSE GEAR CAME PARTWAY UP ONLY. GEAR WAS SELCTED DOWN AND LOCKED AND AC RETURNED TO BASE. HYD RELAY 947.09.26.112 WAS REPLACED, GEAR SWINGS CARRIED OUT AND AC RETURNED TO SERVICE. EVENING BEFORE, CREWS HAD COMPLAINED OF GEAR BEING SLOW. MAINT WAS INVESTIGATING AND IN PROCESS GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT WHILE ON JACKS, A DIRTY CONNECTOR WAS TO HYD CONTROL RELAY 947.09.26 .112. CONNECTOR WAS CLEANED AND SYS OPERATED NORMALLY THROUGHOUT GEAR SWINGS.