Service difficulty report · Wire · Swrngn SA226TC

Difficulty date
November 7, 1996
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Make and model
Swrngn SA226TC
Engine
Garrtt TPE3313
Part
Wire
Condition
Shorted
Location
Landing Gear
Part time
25,559 hours
Stage of operation
TX
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
D

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

What was found

(CAN) SHORTLY AFTER TOUCHDOWN, ALL THREE GEAR COLLAPSED. THREE AREAS BEING CHECKED. 1) GEAR SELECTOR VALVE FAILURE; 2) GEAR SELECTOR WIRING FAILURE. 3) GEAR SELECTOR FAILURE. OPERATOR CONFIDENT THAT GEAR WAS SELECTED DOWN AS EVIDENCED BY NIL DAMAGE TO THE GEAR ACTUATORS. LH GEAR FOUND IN UP AND LOCKED POSITION, THUS OPERATOR BELIEVES THAT HYDRAULIC POWER WAS APPLIED TO DRIVE THE GEAR UP DESPITE THE GEAR BEING SELECTED DOWN. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE DOWN POWER WIRE SHORTED TO THE UP POWER WIRE RESULTING IN UN-COMMANDED GEAR UP SELECTION.