Service difficulty report · Landing Gear · Beech 100BEECH

Difficulty date
February 2, 2009
Submitted
April 9, 2009
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Beech 100BEECH
Aircraft time
17,039 hours, 13,953 cycles
Engine
Pwa PT6A28
Propeller
Hartzl HCD4N3A
Part
Landing Gear
Condition
Collapsed
Location
Left
Stage of operation
TX
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) THE LT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED WHILE THE ACFT WAS PULLED OUT OF THE HANGAR. THE NOSE OF THE ACFT HAD TO BE RAISED SO THE VERTICAL STABILIZER WOULD CLEAR THE UPPER DOOR FRAME. MX RAISED THE ACFT WITH GROUND EQUIPMENT AND SECURED THE GEAR DOWN. THE ACFT WAS INSPECTED, THE EXTERNAL CARGO COMPARTEMENT WAS SEVERELY DAMAGED BUT PREVENTED THE AIRFRAME FROM CONTACTING THE GROUND. THE DAMAGES WERE LIMITED TO THE DRAG LEG AND THE RETRACT MECHANISM. A FERRY PERMIT WAS AUTHORIZED AND THE ACFT WAS FLOWN TO A MX BASE. THE TECH LOGS REVEALED THAT THERE WAS NO RECENT MX ON LANDING GEARS. THE ACFT WAS RECENTLY ACQUIRED BY THE OPERATOR. THE DAMAGED ACTUATOR WAS REPLACED AND SENT TO THE AUTHORISED DEALER FOR EXPERTISE. THE DAMAGED PARTS WERE REPLACED. RETRACTION TEST WERE CARRIED OUT AND THE ACFT WAS RELEASED FOR SERVICE.