Service difficulty report · Bellcrank · Cessna 421B

Difficulty date
January 29, 2012
Submitted
September 14, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Cessna 421B
Part
Bellcrank
Part number
08411066
Condition
Broken
Location
Rt Mlg Ww
Part time
6,380 hours
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
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) AFTER LANDING, PARKING AND SHUTDOWN THE PILOT NOTICED THE RT LANDING GEAR INBD DOOR HANGING OPEN. MAINTENANCE DISCOVERED THE INBD WHEEL WELL BELLCRANK CASTING ARM FOR THE INBD GEAR DOOR OPERATION HAD SNAPPED OFF. UPON CLOSER EXAMINATION IT COULD BE SEEN THAT A CRACK HAD STARTED SOME TIME AGO AND GRADUALLY PROGRESSED UNTIL COMPLETE FAILURE. THE AREA ON THE BELLCRANK ARM WHERE THE FAILURE OCCURED IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO INSPECT. THE AMO REMOVED THE LT BELLCRANK FOR NDT AND FOUND NO DEFECTS.

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