Service difficulty report · Actuator · Cessna 750

Difficulty date
March 21, 2010
Submitted
March 23, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N928QS
Make and model
Cessna 750
Aircraft serial
7500288
Aircraft time
1,242 hours, 756 cycles
Part
Actuator
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Nlg
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

ON DEPARTURE WHEN GEAR HANDLE SELECTED TO UP, THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT NOSE GEAR RETRACTION DELAY. THE NOSE GEAR GREEN DOWN INDICATOR REMAINED ILLUMINATED AND RED UNSAFE LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED FOR 30-40 SECONDS AFTER GEAR RETRACTION BEFORE IT EVENTUALLY RETRACTED. THE MAIN GEAR GREEN LIGHTS EXTINGUISHED NORMALLY. PERFORMED GEAR SWINGS AND NOTED THAT NOSE GEAR WAS SLOW TO RETRACT. HEARD AIR RUSHING THROUGH ACTUATOR, BLED AIR FROM HYD SYS IAW MM 12-10-15. PERFORMED SEVERAL MORE GEAR SWINGS AFTER BLEED WITH NO DISCREPANCIES NOTED IAW MM 32-30-00.

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