Service difficulty report · Rod · Piagio P180

Difficulty date
September 24, 2012
Submitted
September 28, 2012
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N107SL
Make and model
Piagio P180
Aircraft serial
1070
Aircraft time
9,451 hours, 7,042 cycles
Engine
Pwa PT6A66
Part
Rod
Condition
Out Of Rig
Location
Mlg Door
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

AFTER TAKE OFF WITH GEAR RETRACTED HAD RT GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT COME ON AT 190 -200 KNOTS, SLOWED DOWN AND LIGHT STAYED ON, DIVERTED ACFT TO WITHOUT INCIDENT. FOUND RT MLG DOOR WITH BROKEN UPLOCK ROLLER ASSY, JAMMED UP INSIDE UPLOCK SPRING DAMPNER. REMOVED DOOR, FOUND LANDING GEAR DOOR INTERCONNECT ROD TO BE RIGGED TIGHT. REPLACED DOOR ROLLER ASSY, REPLACED SNUBBER COUPLER & ADJUSTED LANDING GEAR DOWN INTERCONNECT ROD. OP`S CHECKED GOOD, NO FAULTS NOTED AT THIS TIME IAW AMM 52-80-00 & 51-41-00 & 32-00-20.