Service difficulty report · Chain · Beech B200

Difficulty date
January 19, 2004
Submitted
February 12, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N512KA
Make and model
Beech B200
Aircraft serial
BB512
Engine
Pwa PT6*
Part
Chain
Part number
131378252899
Condition
Misrouted
Location
Nlg Retract Sys
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
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 WOULD NOT EXTEND WHEN LANDING HANDLE SELECTED FOR DOWN. PILOT SUCCESSFULLY EXTENDED GEAR RECEIVING THREE DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATION. UNEVENTFUL LANDING PERFORMED. INSPECTION OF SYSTEM REVEALED THAT THE NLG RETRACT CHAIN WAS IMPROPERLY ROUTED OVER THE IDLER SPROCKET LOCATED FORWARD OF THE CHAIN TENSIONING SPROCKET AND BINDING AGAINST SUPPORT STRINGER. INSPECTED ENTIRE RETRACT SYSTEM, REROUTED AND RIGGED NLG CHAIN. REPLACED NLG ACTUATOR AS PRECAUTION. PERFORMED MLG GEAR RIGGING. OPERATIONAL CHECK FOUND TO BE GOOD. NLG CHAIN INSPECTION AND LUBRICATION HAD BEEN ACCOMPLISHED 200 HOURS PRIOR. RECOMMEND MORE DETAILED DRAWINGS IN MM SHOWING PROPER ROUTING OF NLG RETRACT CHAIN.

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