Service difficulty report · Steering Unit · Cessna 680CE

Difficulty date
February 13, 2013
Submitted
February 18, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N357QS
Make and model
Cessna 680CE
Aircraft serial
6800155
Aircraft time
5,388 hours, 3,459 cycles
Part
Steering Unit
Part number
99146502
Part serial
0171
Condition
Inoperative
Location
Nlg
Part time
5,389 hours, 3,460 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
B, A

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

What was found

AFTER TAKEOFF, RT MAIN GEAR AND NOSEWHEEL DID NOT RETRACT. CONFIRMED BY ATC. LT MAIN GEAR LIGHT WENT OUT, BUT BOTH THE OTHER GREEN LIGHTS REMAINED ILLUINATED IN ADDITION TO THE RED UNLOCK LIGHT. LT MAIN EXTENDED NORMALLY. JACKED ACFT FOUND NOSE STEERING UNIT BYPASSING (NOT CENTERING) STARTED REPLACEMENT OF STEERING UNIT, BOTTLES NEED INSTALLED. TEAM 680 SUGGESTED RINGING OUT UPLOCKS AND CHECKED GEAR HANDLE FOR ANY DAMAGED PARTS. RANG OUT NOSE, LT & RT UPLOCK SWITCHES IAW WD 32-30-01 NO DEFECTS NTOED. COMPLETED NOSE STEERING UNIT INSTALLATION IAW MM 32-50-00. BLED STEERING UNIT & PERFORMED FUNCTIONAL TEST IAW MM 32-50-00. OPS TRAVEL, LEAK CHECK GOOD. (48740) TAXI CHK GOOD. AFTER REPLACING THE NOSE GEAR STEERING UNIT, SUCCESSFUL GEAR FUNCTIONAL CHECKS WERE COMPLETED MM 32-00-00 ALL 3 GEAR WENT UP AND LOCKED AND THE INDICATOR LIGHTS FUNCTIONED NORMALLY.