Service difficulty report · Actuator · Cessna 750

Difficulty date
November 13, 2015
Submitted
November 16, 2015
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N920QS
Make and model
Cessna 750
Aircraft serial
7500120
Aircraft time
14,415 hours, 8,799 cycles
Part
Actuator
Part number
99144512
Part serial
256
Condition
Failed
Location
Mlg
Part time
14,415 hours, 8,799 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

NOSE GEAR DID NOT CATCH ON UNLOCK AFTER TAKEOFF. PERFORMED GEAR BUMP TROUBLESHOOTING. NLG & LT MLG ARE FUNCTIONING NORMALLY. FOUND THE RT MLG UPLOCK ACTUATOR TO BE CYCLING UNCOMMANDED, FOLLOWING THE RETRACT CYCLE CAUSING RT GEAR TO HAMMER UP & DOWN IN THE WW. UPLOCK SWITCHES FUNCTION & ENGAGEMENT RIGGING CHECKED GOOD. REMOVED RT MLG ACTUATOR, UPLOCK ACTUATOR & SPRING. ADJUSTED RT MLG CAMBER. CYCLING & HAMMERING OF RT MLG AFTER RETRACTION IS NO LONGER PRESENT. RIGGED UPLOCK SWITCHES & EMERGENCY RELEASE SYS. DISCOVERED EXCESSIVE MOVEMENT OF THE MLG RELEASE SECTOR IN THE MLG WW. INSTALLED NEW BUSHING THAT WAS MISSING BETWEEN THE PIVOT BOLT & BEARING. GEAR EXTENSION & RETRACTION OPERATING NORMAL.

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