Service difficulty report · Bolt · Cessna 560CESSNA

Difficulty date
November 30, 2011
Submitted
December 1, 2011
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N846QS
Make and model
Cessna 560CESSNA
Aircraft serial
5600797
Aircraft time
2,131 hours, 1,683 cycles
Part
Bolt
Condition
Missing
Location
Squat Switch
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

LANDING GEAR DID NOT RETRACT WHEN GEAR HANDLE WAS SELECTED UP. INDICATION WAS 3 GREEN WITH A RED LIGHT. WHEN THE GEAR HANDLE WAS REPLACED IN THE DOWN POSITION, INDICATION WAS 3 GREEN. AFTER LANDING, A SMALL BOLT WAS OBSERVED AS MISSING FROM THE SQUAT SWITCH ON THE LT MAIN GEAR. PERFORMED A VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE LT MAIN LANDING GEAR SQUAT SWITCH. FOUND THE SWITCH ROLLER, AND THE ATTACHING HARDWARE OF THE ROLLER MISSING. R & R THE LT MLG SQUAT SWITCH WITH A NEW SWITCH IAW THE MM 32-61-00. OPS CHECKED NORMAL.