Service difficulty report · Motor · Beech C99

Difficulty date
January 10, 2017
Submitted
January 17, 2017
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N213AV
Make and model
Beech C99
Aircraft serial
U213
Aircraft time
16,943 hours, 22,032 cycles
Part
Motor
Part number
1153800025
Part serial
1272
Condition
Slow
Location
Mlg
Part time
4,885 hours, 5,263 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

AFTER TAKE OFF, THE LANDING GEAR WAS SELECTED TO THE UP POSITION AND THE LANDING GEAR DID NOT RETRACT THE PILOT SELECTED THE GEAR HANDLE TO THE DOWN POSITION AND NOTED THAT ONLY THE LEFT AND RIGHT MAIN GEAR WERE INDICATING DOWN AND THE GEAR SELECTOR HANDLE REMAINED ILLUMINATED(RED) INDICATING A GEAR UNSAFE CONDITION. THE PILOT RETARDED THE THROTTLE LEVERS AND RECEIVED A GEAR WARNING HORN CONFIRMING A GEAR UNSAFE CONDITION, TWO MAIN GREENS WERE ILLUMINATED AND NO NOSE GEAR INDICATION. THE PILOT THEN PERFORMED A MANUAL GEAR EXTENSION AND RECEIVED THREE GREEN GEAR DOWN INDICATIONS AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE RESET CIRCUIT BREAKER AND PERFORMED GEAR SWINGS NOTICING THE MOTOR WAS SLOWER THAN NORMAL, MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE LANDING GEAR MOTOR WITH SERVICEABLE UNIT AND PERFORMED GEAR SWINGS AND OPERATION WAS NORMAL. NO SUBSEQUENT ISSUES HAVE BEEN REPORTED.

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