Service difficulty report · Control Lever · Cessna 560XL

Difficulty date
June 29, 2006
Submitted
July 6, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N632QS
Make and model
Cessna 560XL
Aircraft serial
5605132
Aircraft time
5,412 hours, 4,223 cycles
Part
Control Lever
Condition
Stuck
Location
Mlg
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

AFTER T/O, GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT WITH GEAR HANDLE IN UP POSITION. RECYCLED HANDLE ONCE AND GEAR STILL WOULD NOT RETRACT. ELECTED TO LEAVE GEAR DOWN. NEVER GOT AN UNLOCK LIGHT. SHORTLY BEFORE LANDING, EMERG BLEW "BLOW DOWN" BOTTLE AS A SAFETY PRECAUTION. JACKED A/C. ATTEMPTED GEAR CYCLE AND FOUND GEAR INOP. T/S GEAR CONTROL SYSTEM. REMOVED GEAR CONTROL HANDLE AND FOUND DEBRIS INHIBITING GEAR HANDLE SWITCH OPERATION. CLEANED DEBRIS FROM GEAR HANDLE SWITCHES. INSTALLED GEAR CONTROL HANDLE. PERFORMED GEAR OPS CHECK. L/G OPS CHECK GOOD. DOWNJACKED A/C. RESET AND SAFETIED GEAR NITROGEN BOTTLE. SERVICED EMERG GEAR NITROGEN BOTTLE. WORK PERFORMED REF, CE560XL MM CHAP 12-13-01, 32-01-00 AND 32-30-01.

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