Service difficulty report · Control Valve · Cessna 650

Difficulty date
February 12, 2009
Submitted
February 20, 2009
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N91KC
Make and model
Cessna 650
Aircraft serial
6507082
Aircraft time
6,091 hours, 4,823 cycles
Part
Control Valve
Part number
660403
Condition
Defective
Location
Landing Gear
Part time
5,200 hours, 4,120 cycles
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
C
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

THE ACFT WAS ON A LOCAL TRAINING FLIGHT. AFTER TAKEOFF THE LANDING GEAR WAS VERY SLOW TO RETRACT. THE ACFT RETURNED TO BASE. MX INSPECTED THE ACFT AND FOUND NO VISIBLE DISCREPANCIES. THE ACFT WAS JACKED. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO RETRACT THE LANDING GEAR THE NOSE WOULD RETRACT, BUT THE MAINS WOULD NOT UNLOCK FROM THE DOWN POSITION. THE LANDING GEAR CONTROL VALVE WAS CHANGED AND AN OVERHAULED UNIT WAS INSTALLED. STILL NO CHANGE. AFTER MORE TROUBLESHOOTING THE LANDING GEAR CONTROL HANDLE WAS CHANGED. STILL NO CHANGE. AFTER MORE TROUBLESHOOTING ANOTHER LANDING GEAR CONTROL VALVE, ALSO FRESHLY OVERHAULED, WAS INSTALLED. THIS FIXED THE ISSUE. FIFTEEN GEAR SWINGS WERE PERFORMED BY MX, AND A TEST FLIGHT WITH FIVE GEAR SWINGS WAS ACCOMPLISHED SUCCESSFULLY.

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