Service difficulty report · Handle · Cessna S550

Difficulty date
September 23, 2004
Submitted
October 20, 2004
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N97SK
Make and model
Cessna S550
Aircraft serial
S5500127
Engine
Pwa JT15D4
Part
Handle
Part number
551417527
Condition
Stuck
Location
Landing Gear
Part time
4,416 hours
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
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 WITH ACTUATION OF SELECTOR HANDLE DOWN. EMERGENCY EXTENSION WAS ACTIVATED, AC LANDED WITH OUT INCIDENT. AFTER JACKING AND INSPECTING SYS, IT WAS FOUND THAT LANDING GEAR HANDLE WOULD MOVE UP AND DOWN, BUT THE SPRING LOADED IN AND OUT MOTION WAS STUCK OUT. THIS CAUSED THE DOWN SWITCH NOT TO MAKE CONTACT WITH THE HANDLE, AND NOT ALLOWING THE LANDING GEAR TO EXTEND. LUBRICATION OF THE SPRING AND SLIDER PORTION OF THE SELECTOR HANDLE WITH SPRAY LUBRICATE FREED UP THE MECHANISM AND ALLOWED CONTACT BETWEEN THE SWITCH AND HANDLE. THE ONLY REQUIREMENT FOUND FOR LUBRICATION OF MECHANISM IS DURING INSTALLATION, WHICH AFTER A PERIOD OF TIME COULD LEAD TO STICKING OF HANDLE AND SLIDER.

More about the Cessna S550