Service difficulty report · Strut · Cndair CL600*

Difficulty date
March 27, 2011
Submitted
September 14, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Cndair CL600*
Aircraft time
16,465 hours
Engine
Ge CF343A
Part
Strut
Condition
Binding
Location
Nlg
Part time
10,763 hours
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
S
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

(CAN) DURING AN APPROACH IN CYUY MARCH 27 2011 ,THE NLG REFUSE TO DESCENT .THEY DID THE EMERGENCY LANDING GEAR PROCEDURE AND IT DIDN`T WORK.THEY HAD IN THE COCKPIT AN INDICATION OF NLG IN TRANSIT AND WOW INPUT FAIL.SO WITH THE MTCE THEY PRESUME THAT THE GEAR WAS JAMMED SOME HOW.THEY DECIDED TO DO ATOUCH AND GO WITH TWO BUMP TO SHAKE THE GEAR THEY RELAND AND THE GEAR WENT DOWN AT THE LAST SECOND.NO INCIDENT AND INJURY WAS REPORTED.AFTER THE LANDIND THEY FOUND THAT THE STRUT WAS COLLAPSED CAUSING THE GEAR TO NOT TO BE CENTERED (THE CENTERING CAM WAS UNABLE TO DO HIS JOB) WITH THE GRAVEL KIT INSTALLATION ON OUR PLANE THERE IS NOT TO MUCH SPACE BETWEEN THE SKIS AND THE WELL EDGE IT,CAUSE ONE OF THE SKY TO JAM THE GEAR IN THE WHEEL WELL WE HAD A SIMILAR PROBLEM IN MARCH 2008 WITH C-FURG CL 600-2A12 S/N3063 THERE WAS A REPORT MADE BY THE TSB.