Service difficulty report · Control Cable · Gulstm 200

Difficulty date
November 26, 2006
Submitted
December 6, 2006
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N726QS
Make and model
Gulstm 200
Aircraft serial
108
Aircraft time
1,357 hours, 916 cycles
Engine
Pwc PW306A
Part
Control Cable
Condition
Lack Of Lube
Location
Mlg
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
S
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

GEAR HANDLE IS VERY HARD TO MOVE UP OR DOWN. IT ALMOST TAKES TWO HANDS TO RETRACT GEAR UP. NOT AS BAD SELECTING GEAR DOWN BUT STILL HARDER TO DO THAN NORMAL. REMOVED LANDING GEAR CONTROL CABLE AT GEAR CONTROL HANDLE AND LANDING GEAR SELECTOR VALVE. CLEANED AND LUBED CABLE AT TELESCOPING ENDS. RE-ATTACHED CABLE AT BOTH ENDS. PERFORMED EXTENSION AND RETRACTION CHECKS. ALL CHECKS OF GEAR HANDLE GOOD. WORK PERFORMED IAW MM SEC 32-30-00 AND CMP 323001.