Service difficulty report · Rod End · Dhav DHC8102

Difficulty date
July 13, 2016
Submitted
July 15, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N930HA
Make and model
Dhav DHC8102
Aircraft serial
126
Aircraft time
67,947 hours, 76,905 cycles
Part
Rod End
Part number
105015
Condition
Broken
Location
Nr 1 Mlg
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

LOUD BANG HEARD WHEN GEAR SELECTED DOWN FROM MAIN GEARS. MLG GEAR DOORS SLOW TO CLOSE. INDICATIONS NORMAL. FOUND NR 1 MLG RETRACTION ACTUATOR ROD END BROKEN. REMOVED AND REPLACED THE ROD END IAW CMM 32-30-01, AMM 32-30-11 STEP THREE. ATTACHED ROD END TO DRAG STRUT IAW AMM 32.30.11, STEP 3, REF TO HA 300, SEQ 20 FOR OPS CK.