Service difficulty report · Door · Beech 58

Difficulty date
February 24, 2005
Submitted
July 27, 2005
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N300TH
Make and model
Beech 58
Aircraft serial
TH266
Engine
Cont IO520*
Propeller
Hartzl PHCJ3YF1
Part
Door
Part number
458100903
Condition
Broken
Location
Mlg
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
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

IT APPEARS THE AFT HINGE ON THE LT INNER GEAR DOOR BROKE FIRST AND WHEN THE GEAR WAS SELECTED THE DOOR JAMMED THE LT GEAR AND STRESSED THE BRAZE ASSY WHICH BROKE THE GEAR ACTUATOR ARM. THE GEAR DOOR HINGES SHOULD BE EXAMINED FRO CRACKS AND CORROSION REGULARLY AS THIS CRACK SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING FOR SOME TIME. (K)

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