Service difficulty report · Uplock · Swrngn SA227AC

Difficulty date
October 6, 2011
Submitted
October 7, 2011
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N26959
Make and model
Swrngn SA227AC
Aircraft serial
AC662B
Aircraft time
31,045 hours, 45,980 cycles
Part
Uplock
Condition
Dirty
Location
Mlg
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

ON CLIMB OUT, RETRACTED GEAR AND THE RT MLG WOULD NOT LOCK IN THE UP POSITION, WOULD EXTEND AND RE-CYCLE. EXTENDED GEAR NORMALLY AND HAD NORMAL GEAR EXTENSION AND DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATION. LANDED AT DEPARTURE AIRPORT WITHOUT INCIDENT. FOUND LANDING GEAR UPLOCK TO BE DIRTY AND STIFF, CLEANED AND LUBRICATED SAME, OPS CHECK SATISFACTORY FOR RETURN TO SERVICE.