Service difficulty report · Pin · Beech 400A

Difficulty date
March 21, 2007
Submitted
March 21, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N471LX
Make and model
Beech 400A
Aircraft serial
RK506
Aircraft time
166 hours, 149 cycles
Part
Pin
Condition
Missing
Location
Mlg
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
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

UPON INSPECTION OF THE RT MAIN LANDING GEAR MAINTENANCE DISCOVERED THE UPPER TORQUE LINK PIVOT PIN WAS MISSING ITS RETAINING PIN. THE PIVOT PIN HAD SLID OUT ABOUT .5 INCHES. ADDITIONALLY, IT APPEARS THAT THE GEAR HAS NOT BEEN PROPERLY LUBRICATED. AIRCRAFT HAS NOT REACHED ITS FIRST SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE EVENT. THE PIVOT PIN WAS ADJUSTED AND A ROLL PIN INSTALLED. THE GEAR WAS LUBRICATED.

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