Service difficulty report · Seal · Cessna 680A

Difficulty date
August 31, 2020
Submitted
September 8, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N380QS
Make and model
Cessna 680A
Aircraft serial
6800089
Aircraft time
12,136 hours, 8,124 cycles
Part
Seal
Part number
MS28892
Condition
Damaged
Location
Nlg Strut
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

LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT AFTER TAKE OFF. COMPLIED WITH QRH AND RETURNED FOR LANDING WITH NORMAL PROCEDURES. NO UNSAFE MESSAGES NOTED. THE AMBER WOW MISCOMPARE MESSAGE APPEARED FOR 20 SEC IN THE DOWNWIND AND WENT AWAY. SIGN OFF. TROUBLESHOT SYSTEM TO THE NOSE LANDING GEAR STRUT NOT EXTENDING COMPLETELY AND THE STRIKER PLATE NOT PUSHING THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WEIGHT ON WHEELS SWITCH. REFERENCED CMM 32-20-01 TROUBLESHOOTING CHART THAT STATED TWO PROBABLE CAUSES: TORQUE LINKS TIGHTENED TOO MUCH OR DAMAGED O-RINGS OR SEAL ASSEMBLY ON ISOLATION PISTON. CHECKED TORQUE LINKS AND TORQUE LINKS WERE NOT OVERTIGHTENED. CALLED MX CONTROL AND TOLD THEM THE FINDINGS. MX CONTROL REQUESTED TO REPACK THE NOSE LANDING GEAR LOWER CHAMBER. REPACKED NOSE LANDING GEAR LOWER CHAMBER IAW CMM 32-20-01-7 AND OPS CHECKED GOOD.

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