Service difficulty report · Landing Gear · Cessna 560CESSNA

Difficulty date
June 6, 2010
Submitted
June 7, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N383QS
Make and model
Cessna 560CESSNA
Aircraft serial
5600483
Aircraft time
9,510 hours, 7,721 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT15D5
Part
Landing Gear
Condition
Slow
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 TAKEOFF, MLG RETRACTION TOOK LONGER THAN NORMAL TO COMPLETE. MLG NOT FULLY RETRACTED UNTIL REACHING APPROX 800 FT. MLG CAME UP ONE AT A TIME. ALL 3 GREEN LIGHTS WENT OFF, RED UNSAFE LIGHT STAYED ON APPROX 5 SECONDS. ALL OTHER HYD SYS APPEARED TO WORK NORMAL. JACKED ACFT. CYCLED MLG SLOW & NORMAL SPEEDS OPS CHECK GOOD. PERFORMED MLG TIMED CYCLE TEST. WILL MAKE TIME WITH JUST GEAR & WITH RUNNING FLAPS AT SAME TIME AS MLG RETRACTION. ALL MLG UNLOCKED. MOVED MLG THROUGH FULL TRAVELS BY HAND, NO DEFECTS OR BINDING NOTED. FINAL MLG SWINGS GOOD IAW MM 32-01-00. RAN MLG SEVERAL MORE TIMES WITH NORMAL & REDUCED FLUID FLOW. RAN FLAPS & MLG TOGETHER. NO LAG TIME. SYS OPS CK GOOD IAW MM 32-01-00.