Service difficulty report · Bolt · Saab 340B

Difficulty date
May 25, 2000
Submitted
July 20, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N356BE
Make and model
Saab 340B
Aircraft serial
340B275
Part
Bolt
Part number
AIR124792
Condition
Sheared
Location
Rt Mlg
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

BOS-BGR - FLT 4844 - AFTER TAKEOFF, WHEN THE PILOT SELECTED THE GEAR UP, THE INTRANSIT LIGHT STAYED ON. THE CREW FOLLOWED THEIR CHECKLIST AND SELECTED THE GEAR DOWN. THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR WOULD NOT INDICATE DOWN AND LOCKED. THE CREW THEN FOLLOWED THE GEAR UNSAFE CHECKLIST AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. THE A/C LANDED IN BOS W/O INCIDENT. MX PINNED THE GEAR AND TOWED THE A/C TO A REMOTE AREA. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE HEAD OF THE LOWER THROUGH BOLT FOR THE RT MAIN GEAR RETRACT ACT ATTACHMENT FITTING SHEARED OFF. THIS ALLOWED THE BRACKET TO LOOSEN AND CAUSE FURTHER DAMAGE TO THE RT MAIN GEAR TRUNNION FITTING AND SHOCK STRUT ATTACH AREA. MX REPLACED THE SHOCK STRUT, AND RETRACT ACTUATOR, AND REPAIRED THE TRUNNION ST

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