Service difficulty report · Link · Piper PA23250

Difficulty date
April 25, 2007
Submitted
June 7, 2007
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Piper PA23250
Aircraft time
7,231 hours
Engine
Lyc IO540C4B5
Propeller
Hartzl HCE2YK2
Part
Link
Part number
16667000
Condition
Broken
Location
Nose Gear
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

(CAN) DURING GEAR RETRACTION THE PILOTS DID NOT GET A GEAR UP AND SAFE LIGHT, UPON VISUALLY INSPECTING THE GEAR WITH THE MIRRORS THE NOSE GEAR WAS SEEN TO BE DANGLING AT AN APPROXIMATE 60 DEGREE ANGLE. GEAR WAS SELECTED DOWN, DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATION WAS PROVIDED AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED UNEVENTFULLY. DURING INSPECTION OF THE GEAR SYSTEM THE NOSE GEAR DOWN LOCK LINK ASSEMBLIES WERE FOUND TO BE BROKEN IN HALF. THEY ARE MADE OF STEEL. THE LINK ASSEMBLIES WERE REPLACED NEW AND THE GEAR SWUNG NUMEROUS TIMES SATISFACTORILY. (TC NR 20070427007)

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