Service difficulty report · Actuator · Stbros SD360

Difficulty date
December 10, 2013
Submitted
December 16, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N974AA
Make and model
Stbros SD360
Aircraft serial
SH3742
Aircraft time
25,783 hours, 30,293 cycles
Part
Actuator
Part number
104796004
Part serial
DRG262087
Condition
Failed
Location
Mlg
Part time
25,854 hours, 30,429 cycles
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

WHEN THE LANDING GEAR SELECTOR WAS PLACED IN THE DOWN POSITION, THE RT MAIN GEAR LIGHT ILLUMINATED RED INSTEAD OF ITS NORMAL GREEN COLOR. UPON DISCOVERY OF THE GEAR UNSAFE CONDITION THE FLIGHT CREW INFORMED ATC OF THEIR PROBLEM AND ASKED FOR DELAYED VECTORS SO THEY COULD TROUBLESHOOT THEIR PROBLEM AND RUN THE APPROPRIATE CHECKLIST. THEY DECIDED TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY. THEY COMPLETED THE EMERGENCY CHECKLIST AND WAS UNABLE TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE. THEY THEN CAME BACK AROUND ON A LOW APPROACH TO RUNWAY 30L SO THAT THE EMERGENCY GROUND CREWS AND CONTROL TOWER PERSONNEL COULD VISUALLY INSPECT GEAR AS THEY FLEW BY. AFTER COMPLETING THE LOW APPROACH, ALL GROUND AND TOWER PERSONNEL HAD STATED THAT THE GEAR LOOKED TO BE DOWN. THE FLIGHT CREW THEN ASKED ATC FOR FURTHER VECTORS SO THEY COULD VERIFY THE CHECKLIST WAS INDEED COMPLETED CORRECTLY AND INFORMED THEM WE WOULD BE MAKING A FULL STOP LANDING. SINCE ALL THE CHECKLIST ITEMS WERE COMPLETED AND NO CHANGE IN SITUATION HAD OCCURRED. UPON TOUCHDOWN ALL 3 LANDING GEARS HELD THE WEIGHT OF THE ACFT FOR APPROXIMATELY 5 SECONDS. AFTER THAT TIME THE RT MLG COLLAPSED. UPON COLLAPSE OF THE RT MAIN LANDING GEAR, THE FLIGHT CREW SHUTDOWN BOTH ENGINES AND EVACUATED THE ACFT SAFELY.