Service difficulty report · Actuator · Cessna 172RG

Difficulty date
May 18, 2013
Submitted
September 14, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Cessna 172RG
Aircraft time
8,243 hours
Engine
Lyc O360F1A6
Propeller
Mcauly B2D34C220
Part
Actuator
Part number
98820152
Condition
Broken
Location
Mlg
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
L

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

What was found

(CAN) PILOT REPORTED THAT THE RT MAIN GEAR WOULD NOT COME DOWN AND LOCKED. THE LT MAIN AND NOSE GEAR WERE OBSERVED TO BE DOWN. AFTER CONSULTING POH THE ACFT WAS LANDED ON THE LT MAIN AND NOSE GEAR AND DURING THE LANDING ROLL THE PILOT KEPT THE RT WING UP AS LONG AS POSSIBLE UNTIL THE ACFT SETTLED DOWN AND CAME TO A STOP ON THE RUNWAY CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER AND THE RT ELEVATOR. NO DAMAGE TO FUSELAGE OR RT WING OCCURRED. THE RT WING WAS LIFTED BY MANPOWER TO GET IT ON JACKS SO THAT THE RT GEAR COULD BE BROUGHT INTO THE DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION, AND ACFT TOWED OFF RUNWAY. IN THE HANGAR THE INSPECTION PLATE WAS REMOVED AND RT MAIN GEAR ACTUATOR WAS FOUND TO BE CRACKED AND SPREAD OPEN AT THE FORWARD MOUNTING BOLT HOLE WHICH CAUSED THE SECTOR GEAR AND THE HYDRAULIC RACK TO BECOME DISSENGAGED. THIS IS THE 3RD FAILURE LIKE THIS IN THE PAST FEW YEARS ON THIS ACFT, ON THE OTHER OCCURRENCES THE GEAR STILL OPERATED TO DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION.

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