Service difficulty report · Uplock Hook · Piper PA31

Difficulty date
July 5, 2010
Submitted
January 4, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Piper PA31
Aircraft time
11,384 hours
Engine
Lyc TIO540A2B
Part
Uplock Hook
Part number
4179703
Condition
Out Of Adjust
Location
Rt Main Gear
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

AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO HANGER AFTER HAVING THE IN TRANSIT LIGHT ON WHEN THE GEAR WAS SELECTED UP. AIRCRAFT WAS JACKED AND GEAR SWING CARRIED OUT IAW TABLE VII-1 OF PIPER MAINTENANCE MANUAL AND TROUBLE SHOOTING. FIRST GEAR SWING EVERYTHING WORKED AS PER NORMAL, A SECOND GEAR SWING FOUND WHEN THE HYDRAULIC PUMP BYPASSED THE RT GEAR DROPPED DOWN OPENING THE D-DOOR. INVESTIGATION SHOWED THE RT UPLOCK WAS JUST CATCHING THE ROLLER ON THE END OF THE HOOK AND WITH A LITTLE PUSH IT WOULD FALL DOWN WITH NO PUMP PRESSURE. RT UPLOCK ROD ADJUSTED, THREE MORE GEAR SWINGS CARRIED OUT, GEAR FUNCTION CHECKED SERVICEABLE. AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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