Service difficulty report · Rod End · Cessna 680CE

Difficulty date
October 2, 2022
Submitted
October 3, 2022
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N387QS
Make and model
Cessna 680CE
Aircraft serial
6800119
Aircraft time
14,248 hours, 9,483 cycles
Part
Rod End
Part number
674211146
Condition
Broken
Location
Zone 700
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
L
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

CLIMB PAST FL340, MLG UNLOCK LIGHT ILLUMINATED. NLG BEGAN TO REPEATEDLY CYCLE, ATTEMPTED UPLOCK. RESULTED IN A BANGING FROM NLG, MEASURABLE VIBRATION, & RESULTED IN INABILITY TO UTILIZE AUTOPILOT. DESCENDING THROUGH FL180, ISSUE CLEARED. ON GEAR EXTENSION, THREE GREEN, NO, LT, & RT, UNLOCK REMAINED EXTINGUISHED. APPROACH & LANDING NORMAL. FOUND A BROKEN BOLT ON LT LOWER ROD END ASSY. REMOVED & INSTALLED NEW ROD END ASSY. MEASURED DISTANCE BETWEEN FLATS OF UPPER & LOWER BARRELS ON NLG & FOUND IT TO BE 9.95" IAW MM 32-00-00, STEP 7. PERFORMED REPACK OF NLG, SWUNG GEAR, LEAK & OPS CHECKED GOOD. WORK DONE IAW CMM 32-20-01, AMM 32-00-00 & 32-20-00.