Service difficulty report · Bolt · Piper PA31350

Difficulty date
August 4, 2012
Submitted
August 10, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N42076
Make and model
Piper PA31350
Aircraft serial
317405209
Aircraft time
23,674 hours, 22,350 cycles
Part
Bolt
Part number
AN517A
Condition
Broken
Location
Mlg
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
P
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

GREEN GEAR SAFE LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE, RED GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED. RE-CYCLED GEAR, ALL UP NORMAL. EXTENDED GEAR WITH THE SAME RESULTS, NO GREEN SAFE LIGHT FOR RIGHT MAIN GEAR. FOLLOWED ABNORMAL PROCEDURE TO MANUALLY EXTEND THE GEAR, NO CHANGE. DIVERTED. TOWER CONFIRMED RIGHT MAIN GEAR WAS NOT DOWN. PERFORMED AN EMERGENCY LANDING. AMF PDX MAINTENANCE SECURED THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR IN THE DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION. INSPECTED THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR ACTUATOR AND FOUND THE ACTUATOR ATTACHMENT BOLT BROKEN.

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