Service difficulty report · Fitting · Beech C99

Difficulty date
October 2, 2008
Submitted
October 17, 2008
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N216CS
Make and model
Beech C99
Aircraft serial
U216
Aircraft time
22,435 hours, 28,171 cycles
Part
Fitting
Part number
115811026
Condition
Missing
Location
Hyd Powerpack
Part time
22,435 hours, 28,171 cycles
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
S
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

LANDING GEAR FAILED TO EXTEND WHEN SELECTED. GEAR WAS PUMPED DOWN AND AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE C-CLIP ON THE HYDRAULIC POWERPACK COUPLING WAS MISSING AND ALLOWED THE COUPLING TO MIGRATE ON THE SHAFT UNTIL IT NO LONGER CONNECTED THE MOTOR TO THE PUMP.

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