Service difficulty report · Control Handle · Cessna 560XL

Difficulty date
February 9, 2012
Submitted
February 10, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N630QS
Make and model
Cessna 560XL
Aircraft serial
5605130
Aircraft time
9,612 hours, 7,590 cycles
Part
Control Handle
Part number
99125501
Part serial
G5254
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Mlg
Part time
196 hours, 148 cycles
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

GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACK WHEN GEAR HANDLE WAS PULLED UP, HAD ALL 3 GREEN INDICATORS, GROUND CONFIRMED GEAR WERE WAS DOWN AND EMERGENCY WAS NOT DECLARED. HANDLE WAS PLACED DOWN TO MATCH CONDITION. PERFORMED GEAR SWING SEVERAL TIMES. DUPLICATED SQK ONCE MOVING GEAR HANDLE SLOWLY. WIGGLED HANDLE GEAR WENT OP FOUND GEAR HANDLE BEING INTERMITTENT, HANDLE NEEDS REPLACED. REMOVED FAULTY LANDING GEAR CONTROL UNIT/HANDLE AND INSTALLED A REPAIRED UNIT. PERFORMED OPS CHECK, OPS CHECK GOOD. SWUNG GEAR SEVERAL TIMES, NO FAULTS FOUND. WORK DONE IAW MM 32-30-01.

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