Service difficulty report · Hydraulic System · Cessna 421C

Difficulty date
March 21, 2002
Submitted
March 21, 2002
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N421DG
Make and model
Cessna 421C
Aircraft serial
421C0456
Aircraft time
3,900 hours
Part
Hydraulic System
Condition
Contaminated
Location
Mlg
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
G
Precautionary procedure
L

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

What was found

EXTENDED THE MLG ON APPROACH AND ONLY THE LT LOCKED INTO PLACE. NOTIFIED TOWER OF THIS CONDITION AND MANEUVERED WHILE WORKING ON THE PROBLEM. INITIATED THE APPROACH AGAIN AND EXECUTED EMERGENCY PROCEDURES, ONLY LT MAIN WAS LOCKED, THE LANDING WAS INITIATED AND THE A/C TOUCHED DOWN WITH LT DOWN AND LOCKED, THE RT WAS PARTIALLY EXTENDED BUT NOT LOCKED, THE NOSE GEAR WAS EXTENDED BUT IT WAS NOT LOCKED. NLG STAYED EXTENDED ON ROLL OUT AND THE RT WING, AILERON, FLAP, AND PROP SUSTAINED DAMAGE. HYD MLG SYS WAS INSPECTED. FLUID WAS EXAMINED, AND A SMALL AMOUNT OF WATER WAS FOUND. IN SHOP AT 60 DEG F THE MLG FUNCTIONED NORMALLY. IT APPEARS THAT MOISTURE IN THE HYD SYS FROZE AND PREVENTED FUNCTION OF THE MLG.

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