Service difficulty report · Spacer · Cessna 680CE

Difficulty date
February 29, 2020
Submitted
March 2, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N379QS
Make and model
Cessna 680CE
Aircraft serial
6800144
Aircraft time
11,652 hours, 7,777 cycles
Part
Spacer
Part number
674202830
Condition
Missing
Location
Nlg
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

ALL LANDING GEAR RETRACTION DID NOT RETRACT - AFTER TAKEOFF THE GEAR LEVER WOULD NOT MOVE UP TO THE RETRACT POSITION. ABOUT 60 SECONDS LATER WE GOT A WOW MISCOMPARE MESSAGE. WE RAN THE EMER/ABNORMAL CHECKLIST, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED NORMALLY. // SIGNOFF // REMOVED WORN OUT NOSE LANDING GEAR SQUAT SWITCH CAM BRACKET AND FOUND THAT THERE WAS NOT A CAM BEARING SPACER INSTALLED IN THE SQUAT SWITCH CAM BRACKET. INSTALLED NEW CUSTOMER SUPPLIED CAM SPACER BEARING, WASHERS AND NUT ON THE NOSE LANDING GEAR SQUAT SWITCH CAM BRACKET LAW CE 680 CMM 32-20-01. JACKED AIRCRAFT AND PERFORMED A NLG SQUAT SWITCH ADJUSTMENT CHECK IAW CE 680 MM 32-60-00. PERFORMED THE OPERATIONAL TEST OF THE LANDING GEAR CONTROL SYSTEM IAW CE 680 MM 32-00-00 WITH NO FURTHER DEFECTS NOTED AT THIS TIME.