Service difficulty report · Cylinder · Cessna 425

Difficulty date
June 23, 2014
Submitted
June 23, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N425RM
Make and model
Cessna 425
Aircraft serial
0180
Aircraft time
6,918 hours, 3,458 cycles
Part
Cylinder
Part number
99101543
Part serial
2521
Condition
Activated
Location
Landing Gear
Part time
6,918 hours, 3,458 cycles
Stage of operation
CL
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

AIRCRAFT LEFT HOME BASE & PILOT ATTEMPTED TO RETRACT LG AFTER TAKEOFF & DID NOT GET LG UP & LOCKED INDICATION. PILOT ATTEMPTED TO CYCLE LG & WAS UNABLE TO CYCLE GEAR TO THE UP & LOCKED POSITION. PILOT ENSURED LG WAS DOWN & LOCKED & LANDED BACK AT HOME BASE. AFTER TROUBLESHOOTING THE LG SYS, THE EMER NITROGEN BLOW DOWN SYS SHOWED TO BE ACTIVATED. THE NITROGEN BLOW DOWN BOTTLE VLV MAY HAVE BLEED DOWN INTERNALLY CAUSING BACK PRESS ON THE LG SYS. LG SYS WAS BLEED OF NITROGEN & ALL OPERATIONAL CHECKS WERE GOOD.

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