Service difficulty report · Clevis · Beech 99A

Difficulty date
November 8, 2016
Submitted
December 14, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N326CA
Make and model
Beech 99A
Aircraft serial
U135
Aircraft time
46,265 hours, 47,941 cycles
Part
Clevis
Part number
4A125C6
Condition
Broken
Location
Rt Mlg
Component
Actuator · Beech
Component part number
993880081
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

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

What was found

DURING TAKEOFF, THE LANDING GEAR WERE RETRACTED. A FEW SECONDS LATER A LOUD THUD OCCURRED FOLLOWED BY THE RT GEAR GREEN LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE RED "GEAR UNSAFE" LIGHT IN THE HANDLE WAS NOT ILLUMINATED. PRIOR TO LANDING, GEAR WERE SELECTED “DOWN”. ALL THREE GEAR SHOWED GREEN AND PILOT MADE AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING. SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE RT MAIN LANDING GEAR ACTUATOR CLEVIS HAD SEPARATED FROM THE ACTUATOR SHAFT.

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