Service difficulty report · Bellcrank · Cessna 414

Difficulty date
August 22, 2013
Submitted
September 14, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Cessna 414
Aircraft time
10,818 hours
Engine
Cont TSIO520N
Propeller
Mcauly 3AF32C505
Part
Bellcrank
Part number
08411066
Condition
Sheared
Location
Rt Mlg Door
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

(CAN) AFTER FLIGHT, IT WAS NOTED THAT THE RT INBD MLG DOOR WAS HANGING OPEN. NO NOISE WAS HEARD IN FLIGHT DURING EXTENSION AND RETRACTION AND THE LANDING GEAR SYS FUNCTIONED NORMALLY. IT WAS FOUND THAT THE IDLER BELLCRANK THAT CONTROLS THE DOOR MOVEMENT HAD SHEARED, MECHANICALLY ISOLATING THE DOOR FROM THE RETRACTION MECHANISM.

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