What was found
LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT. FOUND SAFETY SWITCH SPRING BROKEN AND LEVER ACTUATOR TEETH WORN OUT.
- Difficulty date
- December 30, 2010
- Submitted
- January 7, 2011
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N31DB
- Make and model
- Cessna 401
- Aircraft serial
- 4010202
- Engine
- Cont IO520*
- System (JASC)
- 3260 · Landing Gear Position and Warning
- Part
- Spring
- Condition
- Broken
- Location
- Safety Switch
- Part time
- 15,670 hours
- Component
- Safety Switch
- Component part number
- IVA20
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- 9
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.