Service difficulty report · Landing Gear · Cessna 402C

Difficulty date
June 15, 2010
Submitted
June 16, 2010
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N83PB
Make and model
Cessna 402C
Aircraft serial
402C0350
Aircraft time
29,859 hours
Engine
Cont TSIO520*
Part
Landing Gear
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Left
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 GEAR RETRACTION, 3 GREEN DOWN AND LOCK LIGHTS EXTINGUISHED, HYD PRESSURE LIGHT EXTINGUISHED, BUT GEAR UNLOCK LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO RETRACT THE GEAR, CONDITION REMAINED THE SAME. GROUND PERSONNEL CONFIRMED THAT THE LT MAIN GEAR DID NOT RETRACT. EMERGENCY DECLARED, GEAR EXTENDED USING EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION SYS. LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL. MX INSPECTED LANDING GEAR EXTENSION AND RETRACTION SYS, PERFORMED SEVERAL LANDING GEAR FUNCTION CHECKS, COULD NOT DUPLICATE LT MAIN GEAR NOT RETRACTING CONDITION. AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE, LUBRICATED ALL UPLOCK ASSEMBLIES, AND RELEASED ACFT FOR FUNCTIONAL CHECK FLIGHT (FCF) OF LANDING GEAR EXTENSION AND RETRACTION SYS. CHECK FLIGHT NORMAL, ACFT RELEASED FOR SERVICE.

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