Service difficulty report · Landing Gear · Raythn 400ARAYTHEON

Difficulty date
December 20, 2010
Submitted
December 22, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N149QS
Make and model
Raythn 400ARAYTHEON
Aircraft serial
RK473
Aircraft time
1,956 hours, 1,879 cycles
Engine
Pwa JT15D5
Part
Landing Gear
Condition
Failed
Location
Left
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
C

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

What was found

ABORTED TAKEOFF, DUE TO LT MLG FAILURE AT 80KTS. ACCELERATION TO 80KTS APPEARED NORMAL UNTIL 80KTS, THEN ACCELERATION IMPAIRED & DIRECTIONAL CONTROL EFFECTED. IMMEDIATELY ABORTED TAKE OFF & IT TOOK A LOT OF RT BRAKING TO KEEP THE ACFT FROM DEPARTING RUNWAY. RT MLG THEN BLEW ITS FUSE PLUG AND DEFLATED TIRE. PERFORMED ROLL TRIM OPS TEST, NEUTRAL SWITCH CHECK - RT AND LT SIDES AND ROLL TRIM SEL SWITCH OPS CHECK. NO DISCREPANCIES NOTED. ALL WORK DONE IAW AMM 27-10-00.