Service difficulty report · Connector · Cessna 177RG

Difficulty date
April 20, 2007
Submitted
August 3, 2007
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Cessna 177RG
Part
Connector
Part number
S217840114
Condition
Leaking
Location
Nlg
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) AIRCRAFT PLANNING ON LANDING WHEN UNDERCARRIAGE LIGHT FAILED TO INDICATED GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED. DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS AT TRYING TO PUMP GEAR DOWN BY HAND THE PILOT GOT A GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED LIGHT. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH NO EVENT TAKING PLACE. MAINTENANCE LATER FOUND THE NOSE GEAR ACTUATOR HOSE HAD SLID PARTIALLY FROM ITS SWAGED END CONNECTOR AND WAS LEAKING BADLY. HOSE REPLACED. (TC NR 20070426007)

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