What was found
FOUND RT LANDING GEAR UP/DOWN LOCK CABLE BROKEN AT GEAR MOTOR IN FUSELAGE, RELEASING DOWN LOCK. CABLE HAD BROKEN AT SWAG. TUGGED ON LT CABLE, CABLE SEPARATED AT LOWER SWAGE.
- Difficulty date
- October 3, 2002
- Submitted
- November 13, 2002
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N81FD
- Make and model
- Beech 58
- Aircraft serial
- TH963
- Engine
- Cont IO520*
- System (JASC)
- 3260 · Landing Gear Position and Warning
- Part
- Uplock Cable
- Part number
- 1068100111
- Condition
- Broken
- Location
- Mlg
- Part time
- 3,890 hours
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.